If Schools Didn't Exist: A Study in the Sociology of Schools

by Nils Christie

A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time.

This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society, Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and John Holt's How Children Fail. Nils Christie's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026253889X
• ISBN13: 9780262538893
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"