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

Informationen zum Autor Pierre Wilbert Orelus is associate professor in the curriculum and instruction department at New Mexico State University. His latest books include Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy (Routledge, 2015). 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 ...

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• Autori: Pierre W. Orelus, Pierre Wilbert Orelus, Orelus Pierre Wilbert
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781475804485
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0448-5
• 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