Critical Pedagogy in Uncertain Times: Hope and Possibilities (Education, Politics and Public Life)

This book provides comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of imperial-induced privatization, not just in education, but in all of social life. It situates Critical Pedagogy in the twenty-first century and offers not only critiques but also practical applications, suggestions, and strategies on how attacks can be collectively resisted, challenged, and eradicated especially by those teaching in schools and universities. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Part 1 Uncertain Times: Exploring the Costs of Neoliberalism......Page 24 1 The Attack on Higher Education and the Necessity of Critical Pedagogy......Page 26 2 Schooling in Disaster Capitalism: How the Political Right Is Using Disaster to Privatize Public Schooling......Page 42 3 Critical Pedagogy, Latino/a Education, and the Politics of Class Struggle......Page 70 4 Unmasking Prepackaged Democracy......Page 94 5 A Critical Pedagogy of Hope in Times of Despair......Page 112 Part 2 Critical Pedagogy: A Source of Hope and Possibility......Page 132 6 What Is Critical Pedagogy Good For? An Interview with Ira Shor......Page 134 7 Teaching as Possibility: A Light in Dark Times......Page 152 8 Imagining Justice in a Culture of Terror: Pedagogy, Politics, and Dissent......Page 166 9 Amilcar Cabral: Pedagogue of the Revolution......Page 182 10 Toward a Critical Pedagogy of the Global......Page 204 Afterword......Page 222 List of Contributors......Page 232 D......Page 236 H......Page 237 N......Page 238 P......Page 239 S......Page 240 Z......Page 241 This book provides comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of imperial-induced privatization, not just in education, but in all of social life. It situates Critical Pedagogy in the 21st century and offers not only critiques but also practical applications, suggestions, and strategies on how attacks can be collectively resisted, challenged, and eradicated especially by those teaching in schools and universities This book brings together the most important figures in the evolution of Critical Pedagogy to provide comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of neoliberalism and the imperial-induced privatization, not just in education, but in all of social life through the radical democratizing forces of critical pedagogy.