1st Edition

Social Analysis of Education After the new sociology

By Philip Wexler Copyright 1987
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1987, this book offers an ideological critique of the new sociology of education, with the aim to redeem understanding of the social and historical character of knowledge. It argues that with an historical and social grasp, university knowledge can be understood as a collective product and can become a useful resource for encountering and transforming the social present. To... Read more

Series editor’s introduction; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One Social analysis and sociology of education; 1. Revision 2. The rise and fall of the new sociology of education; Part Two After the new sociology of education; 3. Reorganization 4. Movement 5. Knowledge; Part Three Social analysis of education; 6. Theory 7. Society 8. Education; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Philip Wexler