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I know of Henry Giroux less for his books and much more for his work online, includinge especially his many articles on Truthout and AlterNet. Donald Clark writes that he is "in favour of critical democracy that includes critiques of ideologies such as authoritarianism, capitalism and neoliberalism," which is a bit of an understatement. Giroux's criticisms were relentless and (to my view) pointedly accurate. Clark's summary suggests that "Giroux put Critical Pedagogy on the map. Whether it has ever come off the map onto the rocky roads of real life education is debatable." That, though, would depend on how you define "real life education".

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