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Marxism and Education (RLE Edu L) A Study of Phenomenological and Marxist Approaches to Education

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This book introduces the student to the various phenomenological and humanistic Marxist perspectives as they are being applied to education and provides an account of the strengths and weaknesses of these perspectives, drawing on a variety of disciplines in order to explain the controversies described. The opening chapters deal with the phenomenological perspective in the sociology of education,... Read more

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Some Features of the New Sociology of Education. 1. The Injunctions of the New Approach. 2. The Use of Anthropological Studies. 3. The Adoption of a Phenomenological Model of Man. 4. The Rejection of the Liberal Philosophy of Education. 5. The Importance of Classroom Studies. 6. Some Problems in Phenomenological Sociology. 7. Towards a Radical Reappraisal. Part 2: Marxism and Education. 8. An Introduction to Marxism. 9. Alienation and Schooling. 10. Current Developments: The Primacy of the Mode of Production. 11. The Political Economy of Education: Schooling in a Capitalist Society. 12.Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Index.