A critical pedagogy of hope in times of despair: Teaching against global capitalism and the new imperialism

Abstract

The author starts his argument by looking into the globalised capitalist set up that disallows all the voices of opposition. His argument stems from the present political scenario in the United States, its continuous imperial aggression, its rhetoric of war, its neoliberal expansion that negate the crisis experienced in the educational domain. In order to provide a better understanding of this crisis in the United States, the author looks at the political and social developments happening on a global scale which serves as a mirror to look into the educational crisis in the North American context. In a situation where the social sector is witnessing a continuous neglect there is still hope as indicated by emerging voices of protest worldwide. He sums up this crisis as an ideological question that needs to be dealt not as a fragmented problem of the education discourse but calls for a holistic perspective to find a teaching pedagogy that engenders hope and humanity for future citizens.