Theory and Resistance in Education: Towards a Pedagogy for the Opposition(Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series)

At the beginning of the new millennium, educators, parents, and others should reevaluate what it means for adults and young people to grow up in a world that has been radically altered by a hyper capitalism that monopolizes the educational force of culture as it ruthlessly eliminates those public spheres not governed by the logic of the market. Giroux provides new theoretical and political tools for addressing how pedagogy, knowledge, resistance, and power can be analyzed within and across a variety of cultural spheres, including but not limited to the schools. A new introduction adds much to the well received first edition. The time for radical social change has never been so urgent, since the fate of an entire generation of young people, if not democracy itself, is at stake. Giroux argues that challenge gives new meaning to the importance of resistance, the relevance of pedagogy, and the significance of political agency.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Paulo Freire Preface by Stanley Aronowitz Introduction: Educated Hope, Public Pedagogy and the Politics of Resistance Theory and Critical Discourse Critical Theory and Educational Practice Schooling and the Politics Hidden Curriculum Reproduction, Resistance, and Accommodation Resistance and Critical Pedagogy Ideology, Culture, and Schooling Critical Theory and Rationality in Citizenship Education Literacy, Ideology, and the Politics of Schooling Conclusion: Toward a New Public Sphere Bibliography Index

About the Author :
HENRY A. GIROUX is Waterbury Chair Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University.

Review :
"This is a classic which brought a sophisticated critical theoretical discourse to education and social theory, while ruffling a few powerful feathers. The book was born in dangerous Reaganite times and continues to be relevant today when Fascist authoritarianism again rears its ugly and terrifying head in the US and elsewhere. The clarion call can be: Liberating [Non-capitalist] Praxis or Barbarism!" --Peter Mayo, Professor and UNESCO Chair, University of Malta and Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham. Co-author of Critical Education in International Perspective "Theory and Resistance in Education was an instant classic when it first appeared, over 4 decades ago. The years since have only added weight to its analysis and its politics, as we have seen the far right engage artfully and brutally in cultural politics in search of instrumental control of student life. Now, in this revised edition, Theory and Resistance is an instant classic all over again, as Henry Giroux walks, trots, and runs across the prospects and obstacles to a freer time, a fairer world." --Toby Miller "Theory and Resistance in Education provides the basic tools and tactics needed to resist the dark forces of neoliberalism and fascism in education and society today. It challenges every educator to join in solidarity to fight against those who strive to deny students access to a democratic education and constrain their critical citizenship. Giroux is the leading voice of unconditionally committed and fierce scholarship in an environment where strong voices of dissent are discouraged and threatened. He inspires his readers to believe that there is hope amidst the fearful darkness presently descending upon education. This book is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the future of democracy and education-and wants to do something about it." --Jeffrey R. Di Leo, author of Selling the Humanities (2023) and Dark Academe: Capitalism, Theory, and the Death Drive in Higher Education (2024)