Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling: Towards a Marxist analysis of education

by Rachel Sharp

Book Overview

First published in 1980, this book argues that a theory of ideology is essential to a theory of education. It relates developments in the Marxist theory of ideology to the analysis of schooling in a capitalist society.

Beginning with an appraisal of the early twentieth century liberal social theorists, including Weber, Durkheim, Veblen and Mannheim, it demonstrates that the weakness of their approaches arose from a failure to comprehend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138629502
• ISBN13: 9781138629509
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"