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Title

Marx and education / Jean Anyon.

Author

Anyon, Jean.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2011.

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Description

117 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

• "There is one Karl Marx, and a multitude of Marxisms. This concise, introductory book by internationally renowned scholar Jean Anyon centers on the ideas of Marx that have been used in education studies as a guide to theory, analysis, research, and practice. Marx and Education begins with a brief overview of basic Marxist ideas and terms and then traces some of the main points scholars in education have been articulating since the late 1970s. Following this trajectory, Anyon details how social class analysis has developed in research and theory, how understanding the roles of education in society is influenced by a Marxian lens, how the failures of urban school reform can be understood through the lens of political economy, and how cultural analysis has laid the foundation for critical pedagogy in US classrooms. She assesses ways neo-Marxist thought can contribute to our understanding of issues that have arisen more recently and how a Marxist analysis can be important to an adequate understanding and transformation of the future of education and the economy. By exemplifying what is relevant in Marx, and replacing that which has been outdone by historical events, Marx and Education aims to restore the utility of Marxism as a theoretical and practical tool for educators"--
• "There is one Karl Marx, and a multitude of Marxisms. This concise, introductory book by internationally renowned scholar Jean Anyon centers on the ideas of Marx that have been used in education studies as a guide to theory, analysis, research, and practice. Marxism and Education begins with a brief overview of basic Marxist ideas and terms and then traces some of the main points scholars in education have been articulating since the late 1970s. Following this trajectory, Anyon details how social class analysis has developed in research and theory, how understanding the roles of education in society is influenced by a Marxian lens, how the failures of urban school reform can be understood through the lens of political economy, and how cultural analysis has laid the foundation for critical pedagogy in U.S. classrooms. She assesses ways neo-Marxist thought can contribute to our understanding of issues that have arisen more recently and how a Marxist analysis can be important to an adequate understanding and transformation of the future of education and the economy. By exemplifying what is relevant in Marx, and replacing that which has been outdone by historical events, Marxism and Education aims to restore the utility of Marxism as a theoretical and practical tool for educators"--

Series Statement

Routledge key ideas in education series

Uniform Title

Routledge key ideas in education series.

Subject

• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 > Education
• EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
• EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
• EDUCATION / General
• Education > Philosophy
• Critical pedagogy > United States
• Educational sociology > United States
• Educational equalization > United States
• Social classes > Economic aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Neo-Marxism in education, 1970s-1980s -- Neo-Marxism in education, 1990-2005 -- Current issues: economic problems, education policies -- Extending Marxist theory and practice.

ISBN

• 9780415803298 (hardback)
• 0415803292 (hardback)
• 9780415803304 (paperback)
• 0415803306 (paperback)
• 9780203829615 (e-book)
• 0203829611 (e-book)

LCCN

• ^^2011000309
• 3546939

OCLC

• 613424086
• SCSB-11717306

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library