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  Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

  by Jonathan Kozol

  National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies.
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  The Illusion of the End

  by Jean Baudrillard

  “Vintage Baudrillard—compelling, diabolically clever, outrageous, wounded, ironic, refreshing, and certainly controversial. It is a most original meditation on the theme of history, on its shape or trajectory, and the human fate bound up with it.”—Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine “There are three reasons for celebrating this translation. First, for the first time we are up to date with... (more)
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  Pedagogy of the Oppressed

  by Paulo Freire

  This text argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. By being kept in a situation in which it is practically impossible to achieve a critical awareness and response the disadvantaged are kept "submerged". The book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain this "culture of silence". Through the... (more)
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  Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage (Critical Perspectives Series)

  by Paulo Freire

  This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life-an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and live.
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  Teaching Toward the 24th Century : Star Trek as Social Curriculum (Pedagogy and Popular Culture, Volume 5)

  by Karen Anijar

  Trekkie popular culture responds to Star Trek as a myth that serves to forge a unifying social identity. Dr. Anijar explores this phenomena in light of the influences of television in children's lives, postmodern theories of teaching and learning, and the effects of utopian interpretations of Star Trek on teaching practice.
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  Stealing Innocence: Corporate Culture's War on Children

  by Henry A. Giroux

  Continuing his ongoing social critique, Henry Giroux looks at the way corporate culture is encroaching on the lives of children by exploring three myths prevalent in our society: that the triumph of democracy is related to the triumph of the market; that children are unaffected by power and politics; and that teaching and learning are no longer linked to improving the world. Looking at childhood beauty pageants,... (more)
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  Impure Acts : The Practical Politics of Cultural Studies

  by Henry A. Giroux

  This book begins with the premise that the culture of politics--culture's capacity to create those discursive resources and material relations of power that shape democratic public life--appears to be in crisis, subject to derision by a wide range of ideological perspectives. In opposition to such attacks, this book argues that struggles over culture are not a weak substitute for "real" politics, but are central... (more)
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  Public Spaces, Private Lives: Democracy Beyond 9/11

  by Henry A. Giroux

  "Public Spaces, Private Lives argues for a new language of engaged hope, political action, and democratic public participation. In an era when Americans regard politicians and government cynically, this book challenges the assumption that politics is dead--and shows why and how citizens must claim a revitalized role in American public and democratic institutions. Prominent cultural critic Henry Giroux describes an... (more)