The Abandoned Generation : Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear

Henry Giroux continues his critique of American culture and the way it impinges on the lives of our children. This time, Henry goes further, looking at the 'Bush Restoration' years, the attacks of September 11th and the way the world has been transformed for our children and young adults. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Public Time versus Emergency Time....Pages 1-15 Democracy, Patriotism, and Schooling After September II....Pages 16-45 Global Capitalism and the Return of the Garrison State....Pages 46-70 Leaving Most Children Behind....Pages 71-102 Teen Girls’ Resistance and the Disappearing Social in Ghost World....Pages 103-120 From “Manchild” to Baby Boy....Pages 121-152 Higher Education, Inc.....Pages 153-197 Back Matter....Pages 198-234 Five months after the horrific terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, President George Bush announced in his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002, that the "war against terror is only just beginning" and that if other governments exhibit timidity in the face of terror, America will act without them. Explores what the author calls the culture of fear that has arisen in the United States since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, focusing on how the situation is affecting youth, specifically through assaults on public schools, in Hollywood images, and with the commercialization of higher education