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Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy

Education in a Time of Crisis
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Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy by Henry A. Giroux explores how education and critical pedagogy are crucial tools to combat societal injustices amplified by fake news, toxic masculinity, racism, consumerism, and white nationalism. The book examines pedagogy’s power to shape narratives of desire, values, identity, and agency amidst rising right-wing populism and global fascism. It frames the pandemic as not only a medical crisis but also a crisis of politics, ethics, education, and democracy. Covering historical fascism, social atomisation, neoliberal pedagogy, inequality, and populism, it ends with a call for educators to champion radical democracy and become agents of transformative change.
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This book is ideal for educators, educational theorists, students of politics and social justice, and readers interested in critical pedagogy, democracy, and combating societal inequalities in the context of current global challenges.

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In this book, Henry A. Giroux passionately argues that education and critical pedagogy are needed now more than ever to combat injustices in our society caused by fake news, toxic masculinity, racism, consumerism, and white nationalism. At the heart of the book is the idea that pedagogy has the power to create narratives of desire, values, identity, and agency at a time when these narratives are being manipulated to promote right-wing populism and emerging global fascist politics.

Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy expands on the notion of the plague as not only a medical crisis but also a crisis of politics, ethics, education, and democracy itself. The chapters cover a range of topics, beginning with historical perspectives on fascism and moving on to issues of social atomisation, depoliticisation, neoliberal pedagogy, the scourge of staggering inequality, populism, and pandemic pedagogy.

The book concludes with a call for educators to make education central to politics, develop a discourse of critique and possibility, reclaim the vision of a radical democracy, and embrace their role as powerful agents of change.

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Reviews highlight Giroux’s insightful analysis of the overlapping crises worsened by the pandemic and the urgent need for education as a tool for mass solidarity and change. International Journal of Human Rights Education praises the book for providing analytical lenses to better understand current complexities and promote love and understanding. Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review notes it as a vital warning about democracy’s fragility, showing how neoliberal inequities can lead to fascism and civil liberty erosion, underscoring the necessity of critical education and historical awareness for transformative learning.

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ISBN: 9781350184435

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 212.0mm

Weight: 395g

Pages: 296

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 books include American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism (2018) and Against The Terror of Neoliberalism (2008) and On Critical Pedagogy, 2nd Edition (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).

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