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Stormy Weather - Katrina and the Politics of Disposability (Paperback)
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Stormy Weather - Katrina and the Politics of Disposability (Paperback)
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"By far the single most important account and analysis of the
Katrina catastrophe." David L. Clark, McMaster University In his
newest provocative book, prominent social critic Henry A. Giroux
shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United States-one that
threatens the very nature of individual freedom and inclusive
democracy. This crisis extends far beyond matters of leadership,
governance, or the Bush administration. It is a crisis that strikes
at the very heart of democracy and must be understood within a
broader set of antidemocratic forces that not only made the social
disaster underlying Katrina possible, but also contribute to an
emerging authoritarianism in the United States. Questions regarding
who is going to die and who is going to live are driving a new form
of authoritarianism in the United States. Within this form of
"dirty democracy" a new and more insidious set of forces-embedded
in our global economy-have largely given up on the sanctity of
human life, rendering some groups as disposable and privileging
others. Giroux offers up a vision of hope that creates the
conditions for multiple collective and global struggles that refuse
to use politics as an act of war and markets as the measure of
democracy. Making human beings superfluous is the essence of
totalitarianism, and democracy is the antidote in urgent need of
being reclaimed. Katrina will keep the hope of such a struggle
alive because for many of us the images of those floating bodies
serve as a desperate reminder of what it means when justice, as the
lifeblood of democracy, becomes cold and indifferent.
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