"Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the forces……" — Henry Giroux
"Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the forces of market fundamentalism strip education of its public values, critical content, and civic responsibilities as part of its broader goal of creating new subjects wedded to consumerism, risk-free relationships, and the destruction of the social state."
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31 Quotes by Henry Giroux
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Today, in the age of standardized testing, thinking and acting, reason and judgment have been thrown out the window just…
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The ideology of hardness and cruelty runs through American culture like an electric current...
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The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to…
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Cinema is consistently making a claim to particular memories, histories, ways of life, identities, and values that always presuppose some…
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Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning…
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The new illiteracy is about more than not knowing how to read the book or the word; it is about…
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Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious…
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The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the…
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Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.
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A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to…
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Public schools are not simply being corporatized, they are also subjected increasingly to a militarizing logic that disciplines the bodies…
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The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims,…
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