Colonial Education and Class Formation in Early Judaism: A Postcolonial Reading

by Royce M. Victor

Book Overview

History reveals that colonizers effectively made use of education as a device to propagate their cultural values, ethos and lifestyle among the colonized. The primary aim of the colonial education program was to create a separate class of people who were not only meek and suppliant in their attitudes towards the colonizers, but also felt a degree of loathing for their fellow citizens.

This class was formed mainly to establish an effective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567687600
• ISBN13: 9780567687609
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"