Fighting for the Future
American Youth and the Global Struggle for Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry A Giroux |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 328-340 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708611414658 |
| OpenAlex | W2050885262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article compares the massive and widespread student protests in Europe and the Middle East with the relatively weak forms of protests emanating from students in the United States. Through consideration of the different formative cultures in Europe and the Middle East and the protesters' use of the new media technologies, the article argues that the formative culture for dissent and critical education in the United States has been weakened and depoliticized, while neoliberal economic conditions and disciplinary apparatuses have amplified such conditions. Increased privatization, the closing down of critical public spheres, and the endless commodification of all aspects of social life have created a generation of students in the United States reared on the view that politics is irrelevant. In contrast, the message heard by students all over the world, especially in Europe, is that casino capitalism and totalitarian societies can no longer make a claim on the future of young people and increasingly are failing, either through making false promises or using threats and coercion to contain the hopes of young people. Rather than asking why U.S. students do not engage in massive protests, the crucial question raised by this article is when will they look beyond the norms, discourses, and rewards of the neoliberal society they have inherited from their elders
Capitalism · Coercion (linguistics · Commodification · Dissent · Economy · Formative assessment · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Temptation · Digital Education and Society · Law · Social Psychology
Hegemony and Sociology
Students as consumers? The perspectives of students' union leaders across Europe
Does university have an effect on young people’s active citizenship in England
Toward Critical Pedagogies of the International? Student Resistance, Other-Regardedness, and Self-Formation in the Neoliberal University
Higher education students as political actors
The student movement in Turkey
Introduction to Special Issue of Sociological Review on ‘Futures in Question
The changing role of students’ unions within contemporary higher education
Students as political actors? Similarities and differences across six European nations
The spaces of UK students' unions
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |