Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues
Nov 2015 · Routledge
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Neoliberalism, Education, Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues is a collaborative effort among four established public intellectuals who deeply care about the future of education in America and who are concerned about the dangerous effects of neoliberalism on American society and culture. It aims to provide a clear, concise, and thought-provoking account of the problems facing education in America under the dual shadows of neoliberalism and terrorism. Through collaborative and individual essays, the authors provide a provocative account that will be of interest to anyone who concerning with the opportunities and dangers facing the future of education at this critical moment in history.
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Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Houston–Victoria. He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symplok?, editor and publisher of the American Book Review, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange. His most recent books include Academe Degree Zero: Reconsidering the Politics of Higher Education (Paradigm 2012) and Federman’s Fictions: Innovation, Theory, and the Holocaust (2011). Henry A. Giroux holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department. He has published numerous books and articles, and his most recent books include Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism (2011), On Critical Pedagogy (2011), Twilight of the Social: Resurgent Publics in the Age of Disposability (Paradigm 2012), Disposable Youth: Racialized Memories and the Culture of Cruelty (2012), and Youth in Revolt: Reclaiming a Democratic Future (Paradigm 2012). Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, and Women’s Studies as well as the Director of the Center for Global Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Her books include The Dialectics of Exile: Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures (2004), Ariel Dorfman: An Aesthetics of Hope (2009), and Colbert’s America: Satire and Democracy (2012). Kenneth J. Saltman is Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Research at DePaul University. His interests include privatization of public education, militarization of schools and society, and globalization and education. His most recent books include Capitalizing on Disaster: Taking and Breaking Public Schools (Paradigm 2007), The Gift of Education: Public Education and Venture Philanthropy (2010), Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schools, 2nd. ed. (2010), and The Failure of Corporate School Reform (Paradigm 2012).
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