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STORMY WEATHER
KATRINA AND THE POLITICS OF DISPOSABILITY |
| By: |
Henry A. Giroux |
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Paperback |
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£35.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1594513295 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781594513299 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2006 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United States - one that threatens the very nature of individual freedom and inclusive democracy. This book explains how this crisis extends far beyond matters of leadership, governance, or the Bush administration. |
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"By far the single most important account and analysis of the Katrina catastrophe." David L. Clark, McMaster UniversityIn his newest provocative book, prominent social critic Henry A. Giroux shows howthe tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much largercrisis in the United States-one that threatens the very nature of individual freedom andinclusive democracy. This crisis extends far beyond matters of leadership, governance, orthe Bush administration. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart of democracy and mustbe understood within a broader set of antidemocratic forces that not only made the socialdisaster underlying Katrina possible, but also contribute to an emerging authoritarianism in the United States. Questions regarding who is going to die and who is going to live are driving a new form of authoritarianism in the United States. Within this form of "dirty democracy" a new and more insidious set of forces-embedded in our global economy-have largely given up on the sanctity of human life, rendering some groups as disposable and privileging others. Giroux offers up a vision of hope that creates the conditions for multiple collective and global struggles that refuse to use politics as an act of war and markets as the measure of democracy. Making human beings superfluous is the essence of totalitarianism, and democracy is the antidote in urgent need of being reclaimed. Katrina will keep the hope of such a struggle alive because for many of us the images of those floating bodies serve as a desperate reminder of what it means when justice, as the lifeblood of democracy, becomes cold and indifferent. |
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UK |
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Paradigm |
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