Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies

Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies

Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies

Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies

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Overview

A reflection on the specific context of neoliberal capitalism and it's impact on education. The chapters establish the intersectionality of state, capital and education and engage with possibilities of transcending the onslaught of capital in different geographical locations – from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137006868
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 07/25/2012
Series: Marxism and Education
Edition description: 2012
Pages: 251
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

RAVI KUMAR is an Associate Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, India.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Neoliberal Education and Imagining Strategies of Resistance: An Introduction Ravi Kumar 1

Chapter 2 Social Class and Rebellion: The Role of Knowledge Production in Capitalist Society Curry Stephenson Malott 15

Chapter 3 How Shall We Live as Lambs Among Wolves?: Reason-Passion-Power and Organization: What to Do? Rich Gibson 41

Chapter 4 Class, Neoliberal Capitalism in Crisis, and the Resistant and Transformative Role of Education and Knowledge Workers Dave Hill 63

Chapter 5 Rethinking Schools and Society/Combating Neoliberal Globalization David Hursh 101

Chapter 6 Education Toward War Faith Agostinone-Wilson 113

Chapter 7 Neoliberal Politics Impacting Education: Imagining Possibilities of Resistance Ravi Kumar 135

Chapter 8 The Struggle and Its Generalization: The Case of the University Paresh Chandra 153

Chapter 9 Learning Truth Telling: Beyond Neoliberal Education Savyasaachi 171

Chapter 10 Twenty-First-Century Socialism and Education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: An Alternative to the Neoliberal Model Mike Cole 189

Chapter 11 Being, Becoming, and Breaking Free: Peter McLaren and the Pedagogy of Liberation Peter McLaren Ravi Kumar 209

Notes on Contributors 241

Index 245

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