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- In The Burden of Conscience, Giroux confronts the insidious rise of fascism infiltratingtoday's politics and education, alongside the suffocating silence that paralyzes our will toresist and speak truth to power.He decries the moral apathy in the face of the slaughter of children in Israel and the mass killing in Gaza, positioning this silence as part of a broader, ominous affliction of our age-the fusion of colonialism and neoliberal capitalism.
- About the Author: Henry A. Giroux holds the Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada.
- 264 Pages
- Education, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
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In The Burden of Conscience, Giroux confronts the insidious rise of fascism infiltratingtoday's politics and education, alongside the suffocating silence that paralyzes our will toresist and speak truth to power.He decries the moral apathy in the face of the slaughter of children in Israel and the mass killing in Gaza, positioning this silence as part of a broader, ominous affliction of our age-the fusion of colonialism and neoliberal capitalism. He calls for a groundswell of resistance, urging a movement to reclaim education as a public good, where critical education becomes an expression of freedom, a crucible of literacy, liberation, and collective empowerment. Drawing on his own childhood, he intertwines the personal with the political, unearthing the complexities of class, whiteness, and race, showing that individual and collective actions must converge to dismantle oppressive systems. Finally, he argues that education is a powerful tool, giving us, in the words of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, 'the power to think the absent.' Only through this awakening can a critical public consciousness emerge, sparking a multiracial working-class movement capable of challenging entrenched systems of oppression and bringing about true social transformation and radical democracy.Review Quotes
We wake up to volatile times as the world observes and ignores. The Burden of Conscience is not a subtle rebuke and reveal, it is a piercing cry: shattering and interrupting, naming what must be named, disquieting us all. No one does it better than Henry Giroux.
About the Author
Henry A. Giroux holds the Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada. His recent books include Insurrections (Bloomsbury, 2023), Pedagogy of Resistance (Bloomsbury, 2022), Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy (Bloomsbury, 2021) and On Critical Pedagogy, 2nd Edition (Bloomsbury, 2020).Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .98 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Education
Sub-Genre: Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover
Author: Henry A Giroux
Language: English
Street Date: February 20, 2025
TCIN: 1002064027
UPC: 9781350506909
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-4892
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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