Henry A. Giroux

Stormy Weather (eBook, ePUB)

Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United States - one that threatens the very nature of individual freedom and inclusive democracy. This book explains how this crisis extends far beyond matters of leadership, governance, or the Bush administration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317251392
• Artikelnr.: 44366777

Autorenporträt

Henry A. Giroux

Inhaltsangabe

1: Katrina and the Biopolitics of Disposability
Rethinking Biopolitics
Biopower and the Politics of Disposability
Neoliberalism in Dark Times
The Biopolitics of Poverty and Race
Conclusion
2: Dirty Democracy and State Authoritarianism
Dirty Democracy in America
Market Fundamentalism and the Ethos of Privatize or Perish
Religious Fundamentalism and the New Conservatism
The Attack on Critical Thought and Dissent
The Politics of Cronyism and the Return of Old-Style Racism
The Militarization of America
The Struggle for an Oppositional Biopolitics