1st Edition
Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling Towards a Marxist analysis of education
By Rachel Sharp
Copyright 1980
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1980, this book argues that a theory of ideology is essential to a theory of education. It relates developments in the Marxist theory of ideology to the analysis of schooling in a capitalist society.
Beginning with an appraisal of the early twentieth century liberal social theorists, including Weber, Durkheim, Veblen and Mannheim, it demonstrates that the weakness of their... Read more
Introduction; 1. Liberal theory and the crisis in bourgeois society 2. Education and the classical sociological tradition 3. The sociology of the curriculum: a critique 4. The theory of ideology 5. Ideology and schooling 6. What is to be done?; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Rachel Sharp
