1st Edition
The Co-opting of Education by Extremist Factions Professing Hate
By Sarah Gendron
Copyright 2020
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Co-opting of Education by Extremist Factions: Professing Hate is a study of the ways in which various extremist groups have appropriated education for social manipulation in order to gain political power, and, in some cases, to incite violence. It is a detailed exploration of case studies representing both a wide range of situational differences (time, place, and political... Read more
Introduction; Part 1: Education and Genocide; 1. Education under National Socialism; 2. Education in Rwanda: Colonization, Independence, and Genocide; Part 2: Education, Liberation, and Oppression: Education under Communist Rule; 3. Revolutionary Russia; 4. Intellectual and Educational Reform under Mao Tse-tung; 5. Education under the Khmer Rouge: Cambodia from 1975-1979; Part 3: Education and Big Money; 6. Contemporary Education in the United States; Conclusion
Biography
Sarah Gendron is Associate Professor of Francophone Studies and Peace/Conflict Studies at Marquette University, USA.
