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In a searing takedown of the populist authoritarian vision of America, The Terror of the Unforeseen tackles the resurgence of fascism in the age of Donald Trump’s presidency. Through the mendacious exchange of facts for “fake news,” Henry A. Giroux examines the language of hatred that activates neoliberal fascism, complete with state-sanctioned racism, casino capitalism, and fear-mongering at federal and local levels. In this “age of disposability,” Trump’s rhetoric eschewsreason and democratic principles in favor of impetuous politics rooted in bigotry, all to injuriously catastrophic effect. Through protests, strikes, and education, Giroux proposes an international social movement that joins together various modes of resistance to illuminate a democratic renewal, and proves himself once again as one of the great public intellectuals of our time.

Henry Giroux is Global Television Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University. He was named in 2002 as one of the 20th century’s top contributors in “Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education.” He has written more than 300 articles and 40 books, has collaborated with Paulo Freire, Roger Simon, and Stanley Aronowitz, among others. His work has been translated into languages around the world.

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