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Henry Giroux  

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  • Henry Giroux (1943–) is a North American critical theorist and public intellectual specializing in critical pedagogy, cultural studies (particularly film studies and youth studies), educational reform, and contemporary debates about war, terrorism, and neo-liberalism (neo-laissez-faire economics). Giroux is influenced by various thinkers and traditions, including but not limited to Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, John Dewey, Stuart Hall, Zygmunt Bauman, Stanley Aronowitz, and, most of all, Paulo Freire. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media; Giroux, Henry]

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