[lbo-talk] Execellent Giroux Speech

[ken hanly]

      Giroux says of neo-liberalism:
As a mode of governance, it produces identities, subjects, and ways of life free of government regulations, driven by a survival of the fittest ethic, grounded in the idea of the free, possessive individual, and committed to the right of ruling groups and institutions to accrue wealth removed from matters of ethics and social costs.

     
Neo-liberalism is as dependent on government regulation as any other system. Intellectual property regulations giving monopoly rights to corporations for years  are part and parcel of any neo-liberal trade agreements. The regulations desired are those that promote the interests of global capital, not a way of life unregulated by government. Neoliberals do not generally object to disallowing public sector unions etc.

Cheers, ken

 
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Yes it was. So here is the link again:

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15237-predatory-capitalism-and-the-attack-on-higher-education-an-interview-with-henry-a-giroux

Turns out that Giroux is within six months of my age, which means we share a past as students in a particular era. He makes a big deal about the social but he didn't develop it within his own historical context. So I'll add it.

The most important components of my education were the student cultures I encountered. It was there that many of the best books were read and discussed, the best painting reviewed, the most interesting stories about writers and artists were exchanged. It was there that a political life was to be seen, talked and lived.

While these cultures were derivative of the colleges and universities I went to, the institutions themselves would have been near meaningless without their student scenes. These came about from the history of the places, so that is where to begin to apprehend the best of an education, and in tangent that must be were to set the battle 
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