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Young people oppose those market-driven values and practices aimed at both creating radically individualized subjects and undermining those public spheres that create bonds of solidarity that reinforce a commitment to the common good.

Henry Giroux

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Henry Giroux
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 18
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