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Drawing The Line Once Again: Paul Goodman’s Anarchist Writings
While relatively unknown today, Paul Goodman was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In books like Growing Up Absurd, published in 1960, Goodman captured the zeitgeist of his era, catapulting himself to the forefront of American intellectual life
Continue reading...Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism
22. August 2011
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The last two generations have seen a key shift in political organizing, one in which television coverage is regarded a harbinger of success. And since the 1990s, that media-centric focus accelerated with the ascension of the Internet, social media and affordable, high-quality audio and video equipment
Continue reading...Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861-1876
17. August 2011
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If white supremacy was an illness afflicting America, Black disenfranchisement would be that cough that never goes away. Resonant, persistent, rattling to the bones and always that with which the sufferer writes off with excuses of other causes.
Continue reading...Hollywood’s Exploited: Public Pedagogy, Corporate Movies, and Cultural Crisis
26. May 2011
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Hollywood’s Exploited is an interdisciplinary collection designed to analyze the cultural narratives and political economy of Hollywood through Henry Giroux’s work on public pedagogy. In the foreword, renowned cultural studies scholar Lawrence Grossberg describes the book as a “critical pedagogy of Hollywood”
Continue reading...Paulo Freire and the Cold War Politics of Literacy
15. October 2010
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Known for his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed and a grand vision of popular education, Paulo Freire is revered by progressive intellectuals for his core idea that the disadvantaged could talk about their circumstances as a means of understanding their plight as well as their role in changing the situation.
Continue reading...Meditations on Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth
3. June 2010
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Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, a searing indictment of global racism, colonialism and imperialism, is among the foundational writings of postcolonial theory. Originally written in 1961, Wretched stands out among Fanon's writings
Continue reading...Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex
2. June 2010
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The belief higher education is about the spirit of inquiry and exploring ideas has been central to education itself for centuries. Consider where many young people first encountered great literature, thoroughgoing thinkers and spaces for political debate.
Continue reading...Examined Life
2. April 2010
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The documentary Examined Life grounds philosophy in real world issues. Through a series of brief interviews with some of today’s most provocative thinkers, the film addresses issues of ethics, morals, citizenship, democracy, disability, sexuality, consumerism, social contract theory, revolution, and human vulnerability and interdependency.
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6. January 2012
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