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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 robust public sphere.

 

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Angelene Norman  ➚

“Bring Honor to Us All”: Mulan, TikTok, and the Making of Feminist Resistance

Articles, Cultural Pedagogy, Social Justice

Soner Emec  ➚

Pedagogy as the Bedrock of the Political: Debord, Rancière, and Giroux in the Age of Neoliberal Fascism

Articles, Democracy, Public Education, Public Pedagogy

James Munro  ➚

Godly Capitalism and The Movement to Order: Neoliberalism in its Context

Articles, Cultural Pedagogy, Public Education

Jesse Genereux  ➚

Tabletop Roleplaying Games and the Social-Political Imaginary

Articles, Education, Social Justice

Jesse Genereux  ➚

Quest University Canada and Counter-Hegemony in Post-Secondary Educational Design

Articles, Education, Public Pedagogy

Doaa Tirmizi  ➚

Meditations on Hope & Home from Toni Morrison’s ‘Mouth Full of Blood’

Articles, Public Education, Public Pedagogy, Resistance

Aliana Nezova  ➚

Unknowing Victims and Lost Futures: The Neoliberal War on Play and Children

Articles, Public Education, Public Pedagogy

Sophia Shelley  ➚

The Fascist Awakens: Addressing Fascist Aesthetics and Fandom Reactions in Andor

Articles, Public Pedagogy, Resistance

Alicia Petrie  ➚

Incel Capitalism: Weaponized Loneliness in a Neoliberal Patriarchy

Articles, Cultural Pedagogy, Resistance

Jillian Vandervoort  ➚

Generative AI: The Fabricated Solution to Life Under Late-Stage Capitalism

Articles, Education, Resistance