Living Dangerously: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Difference: 1 (Counterpoints) - Softcover

Giroux, Henry A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820418323 ISBN 13: 9780820418322

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 1993

Synopsis

Winner of the award -Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America- (Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights in North America)
In "Living Dangerously," Henry Giroux confronts one of the most important questions facing our educational system today: -How do we bring our children together as members of a democratic society that respects cultural difference?- Employing film criticism, political theory and an acute sense of contemporary culture, Giroux forces the reader to confront the walls of prejudice that divide us. He compels all readers, but especially educators, to forego a life of indifference and to live dangerously in order to tear those walls down and create a more just and democratic society. "Living Dangerously" will be of interest to anyone who believes that we can reform our educational system in order to create a society that celebrates the multifaceted possibilities existing within our culture today."

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Review

-'Living Dangerously' would be a great addition for any education course or practitioner dealing with issues of multiculturalism.- (Pepi Leityna, Harvard Educational Review)
-As comparative and international educators, we can find in the challenging narrative building that Giroux encourages both provocative reading and discussion.- (Candace Kaye, Comparative Education Review)
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In Living Dangerously, Henry Giroux confronts one of the most important questions facing our educational system today: "How do we bring our children together as members of a democratic society that respects cultural difference?" Employing film criticism, political theory and an acute sense of contemporary culture, Giroux forces the reader to confront the walls of prejudice that divide us. He compels all readers, but especially educators, to forego a life of indifference and to live dangerously in order to tear those walls down and create a more just and democratic society. Living Dangerously will be of interest to anyone who believes that we can reform our educational system in order to create a society that celebrates the multifaceted possibilities existing within our culture today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0820418323
• ISBN 13: 9780820418322
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 187