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The Abandoned Generation

Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear

by Henry A. Giroux · April 19, 2003

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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.

Critical pedagogyPolitics and educationSocial justiceMass media and youthPolitical aspects of EducationYouthSocial conditionsCurriculaEducationMass-médiaJustice2000-2009