Social Justice for the Oppressed - Critical Educators and Intellectuals Speak Out

Informationen zum Autor Pierre Wilbert Orelus Klappentext Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with critical educators and prominent intellectuals, this book deeply explores a wide range of social justice issues, including the manner in which race, language, class, and gender discrimination intersect to affect the lives of historically oppressed groups. Zusammenfassung Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with critical educators and prominent intellectuals, this book deeply explores a wide range of social justice issues, including the manner in which race, language, class, and gender discrimination intersect to affect the lives of historically oppressed groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Love, Joy, and Justice William Ayers Acknowledgments Introduction Section One Chapter 1: Re-envisioning Social Justice and Democracy Noam Chomsky Speaks Chapter 2: Questioning the Essentializing Convenience of Generalizations Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Speaks Chapter 3: Institutional Racism and White Hegemony Adolfo Acuna Speaks Chapter 4: Interrogating Class, Racism, and Inequality Antonia Darder Speaks Chapter 5: Re-envisioning the Life of Youth in the Age of Western Neo-liberalism Henry Giroux Speaks Chapter 6: Rethinking Literacy and Schooling in a Capitalist Society James Gee Speaks Section Two Chapter 7: Rethinking Schooling in a Neoliberal Economy Kevin Kumashiro Speaks Chapter 8: Re-defining Blackness in the 21ist Century Molefi K. Asante Speaks Chapter 9: Taking a Stance for Equity and Fairness Maxine Greene Speaks Chapter 10: Anti-colonial Thought and Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Doing George Sefa Dei Speaks Chapter 11: The Politics of Representation: A Social Justice Issue Stuart Hall Speaks Conclusion About the Author About the Interviewees

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pierre W. Orelus, Pierre Wilbert Orelus, Orelus Pierre Wilbert
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781475804478
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0447-8
• Pagine: 166
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Education, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational administration & organization, Student life, Educational strategies and policy