Theory and Resistance in Education: A Pedagogy for the Opposition

Abstract

Henry Giroux's latest book, Theory and Resistance in Education, marks a significant moment in the development of a radical theory of education. Giroux advances comprehensive and convincing critiques of the existing structuralist and marxist reproductionist work in the area, while simultaneously combining the best of these theories with his own dialectical approach to produce an important new vector in the field of inquiry. Giroux works within a post-marxist framework that brings together the Frankfurt School on one end with Paolo Freire on the other. His