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Welcome to the Public Intellectuals Project – Critical Education for a Global Democracy. Here you will find essays on a variety of topics as they relate to education, democracy, neoliberalism, and the need for a strong public sphere.

By Patrick McArthur ➚

Coerced Freedom: Car-Centric Societies, Neoliberalism, and Individualization

Essays, Public Intellectuals

January 30, 2023

By Tiana Gammie ➚

GOVERNING OURSELVES THROUGH THE GREAT RESIGNATION: Neoliberal Ideology in Discussions of Work on TikTok

Public Intellectuals, Theses

January 26, 2023

By Emma Wood ➚

Intergenerational Poetic-Resistance to the Neoliberal Carceral State in Mercedes Eng’s The Prison Industrial Complex Explodes: A Poem and Angela Y. Davis’s Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Essays, Public Intellectuals

January 19, 2023

By Audrey Wu ➚

Commodifying the Social Through Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of ‘WE’

Essays, Public Intellectuals

January 19, 2023

by Dalton Bath ➚

On the Pedagogical Dimension of Politics

Essays, Public Intellectuals

January 19, 2023