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Informationen zum Autor Henry A. Giroux is a world renowned educator, author and public intellectual. He currently holds the McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University. He is also The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy. His most recent books include: Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism (Peter Lang, 2011); Henry Giroux on Critical Pedagogy (Continuum, 2011); Twilight of the Social: Resurgent Publics in the Age of Disposability (Routledge, 2012); Disposable Youth (Routledge 2012); Youth in Revolt (Routledge, 2013); The Violence of Organized Forgetting (City Lights Open Media, 2014), and Dangerous Thinking in Authoritarian Times (Routledge 2015). A prolific writer and political commentator, he writes regularly for Truthout and serves on their board of directors. He currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Dr. Susan Searls Giroux. Author and historian Robin D.G. Kelley is one of the most distinguished experts on African American studies and a celebrated professor who has lectured at some of America's highest learning institutions. He is currently Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is author of Thelonious Monk: His Story, His Song, His Times and is best known for his books on African American culture: Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class , Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination . He is currently working on another book, Speaking in Tongues: Jazz and Modern Africa. His career spans several esteemed universities, including serving as a Professor of History and Africana at New York University as well as acting as Chairman of NYU’s History Department. While at NYU, Kelley was one of the youngest full professors in the country at 32 years of age. He was also the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia and helped to shape programs at its Institute for Research in African American Studies. Kelley’s work includes seven books as well as over 100 magazine articles, which have been featured in such publications as The New York Times , The New York Times Magazine , Rolling Stone , Code Magazine , Utne Reader , and African Studies Review . Klappentext A look at the current bitterly divided America, reflected in mass shootings and police violence. Critiques the economic interests, cultural dynamics and political forces at work in the nation's shift towards abusive forms of power. Zusammenfassung A blistering critique of how America's drift toward authoritarian intolerance is dividing the nation and intensifying social and political conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS1: Introduction¿Authoritarianism and the Militarization of Everyday LifePolitical Geographies of the new Authoritarianism2. Trumping America3 Donald Trump¿s America4. Political Frauds and the Menace of AuthoritarianismLandscapes of Violence in Dark Times5. Murder Incorporated: The Growing Culture of Violence in the U.S. 6. The War on Terror is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the FutureScenes of Terrorism and the War on Youth7. Domestic Terrorism and Youth in Authoritarian Times 8. Sandra Bland¿s America9. Terrorizing Students: The Criminalization of Children in the US Police StateSpaces of Resistance10. The Curse of Totalitarianism: Thinking Beyond Pedagogies of Repression11. Education Democracy and Hope...
