Critical Philosophy of Mathematics

by Ole Skovsmose

This book provides a philosophy of mathematics that resonates with critical mathematics education. It draws attention to the social complexities that characterise the period of Modernity including the extreme exploitation of manual workers and their families, brutal forms of colonisations, trading of slaves, and the formation of racist ideologies. It portrays Modernity as a period of contradictions and highlights that mathematics is a part of these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031713745
• ISBN13: 9783031713743
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"