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  1. Democratic Education for Hope: Contesting the Neoliberal Common Sense.Katariina Tiainen, Anniina Leiviskä & Kristiina Brunila - 2019 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 38 (6):641-655.
    This paper provides a reinterpretation of Paulo Freire’s philosophy of hope and suggests that this interpretation may function as a fruitful ground for democratic education that aims to contest the prevailing neoliberal ‘common sense’. The paper defines hope as a democratic virtue required for resisting the discursive practises and affective mechanisms associated with the contemporary neoliberal ethos—those, which Carlos Alberto Torres characterizes as the “neoliberal common sense” and Lauren Berlant as “cruel optimism”. Conclusively, the paper constructs three principles for democratic (...)
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  • A theory of hope in critical pedagogy: An interpretation of Henry Giroux.Hideyuki Ichikawa - 2022 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 54 (4):384-394.
    This paper examines Henry Giroux’s critical pedagogy, and explores the interconnections among education, democracy, and hope. Whereas critical pedagogy rejects foundationalism, it still requires a normative foundation to criticise oppressive situations and pose a vision of the future. Giroux rejects foundationalism and regards oppressive force such as neoliberalism as an enemy of both hope and democracy. He regards hope as an act of imagination, something to be cultivated, which can be regarded as a medium of mobilisation. This seems inconsistent with (...)
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