Public Spaces, Private Lives: Beyond the Culture of Cynicism

by Henry A. Giroux

Book Overview

Public Spaces, Private Lives argues for a new language of engaged hope, political action, and democratic public participation. In an era when Americans regard politicians and government cynically, this book challenges the assumption that politics is dead--and shows why and how citizens must claim a revitalized role in American public and democratic institutions.
Prominent cultural critic Henry Giroux describes an America today in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742515532
• ISBN13: 9780742515536
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"