Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society

by Gary Saunders

Using an Open Marxist theoretical framework, this book provides a critique of the neoliberal reforms made to higher education since the late 1970s and the impact this has had on the sector. Rather than arguing for a return to the idea of the public university, the book argues that public and private models of higher education are both forms of capitalist accumulation and have historically perpetuated forms of oppression, exploitation and discrimination;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031466519
• ISBN13: 9783031466519
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.8" x 8.3"