Political Science History & Theory
The Terror of Neoliberalism
Authoritarianism and the Eclipse of Democracy
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- History & Theory
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551930541
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $37.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487571627
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $37.95
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Neoliberalism, too commonly regarded as an economic theory, is a complex of values, ideologies, and practices that work more broadly as a “cultural field.” Giroux argues that its cultural dimensions erode the public participation that is the very foundation of democratic life. Under neoliberal policies, populations are increasingly denied the symbolic, educational, and economic capital necessary for engaged citizenship. Giroux assesses the impact of neoliberalism on the language of democracy, race, education, and the media, offering alternatives necessary to restore democratic institutions.
The main argument of this book is that neoliberalism has to be understood and challenged as both an economic theory and a powerful public pedagogy and cultural politics. That is, it has to be named and critically understood before it can be critiqued. The “common sense” assumptions that legitimate neoliberalism’s alleged historical inevitability have to be unsettled and then engaged for the social damage they cause at all levels of existence.
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About the author
span style=""font-weight: bold;"">Henry A. Giroux holds the Global Television Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He is the author of many books, including span style=""font-style: italic;"">Public Spaces/Private Lives: Democracy Beyond 9/11 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), span style=""font-style: italic;"">The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear (Palgrave, 2003), and span style=""font-style: italic;"">Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era (Palgrave, 2004).
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