Chapter
The Ghost of Fascism and in the Post-truth Era
Abstract
In this chapter, Henry Giroux discusses how the architects and managers of extreme capitalism have used the crisis of economic inequality and its “manifestly brutal and exploitative arrangements” to sow social divisions and resurrect the discourse of racial cleansing and white supremacy. Giroux shows how neoliberalism is actually a set of values, ideologies, and practices that are actively recreating America today—for the worse. He forewarns …
Authors
Giroux HA
Book title
Critical Pedagogy in Uncertain Times
Pagination
pp. 17-31
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2020
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-39808-8_2