Krytyka, opór, nadzieja. Wokół publicystyki zaangażowanej Henry’ego A. Giroux
Critique, Resistance, Hope: On Henry A. Giroux’s Political Journalism

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses and problematizes Henry Giroux’s postulate to construe academic teachers as public and transformative intellectuals along with his claim that both humanities and social sciences, notably pedagogy, ought to be thought of as politically engaged. The author of the article indicates different factors thwarting the implementation of those postulates, such as: the dominance of neoliberal ideology, the onslaught of market fundamentalism, and an unselective manner in which students are enrolled into universities, in particular humanities’ departments. Following in Giroux’s footsteps, the author underscores the role played by the discourse of possibility and hope, as a necessary complement to the criticism conceived of as stripping away the “false consciousness,” yet – at the same time – he steers clear of the over-optimistic belief espoused by Giroux about the contemporary young people’s critical potential and civic agency, as well as the feasibility of reclaiming power over the conditions of their work by academicians.

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