Althusser and Education : : reassessing critical education /

Althusser and Education : : reassessing critical education / / David I. Backer.

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Louis Althusser's thinking laid the groundwork for critical educational theory, yet it is often misunderstood in critical pedagogy, sociology of education, and related fields. In this open access book, David I. Backer reexamines Althusser's educational theory, specifically the claim that e...

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Superior document:Radical Politics and Education
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Backer, David I.,
Place / Publishing House:London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Radical politics and education.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Education as an Ideological State Apparatus: Eleven Rules
  • 1. An Attempt to Interpret the Events of May
  • 2. The Rule of Keys: Social Reproduction
  • 3. The Rule of Hands: Relations of Production
  • 4. The Competency Rule
  • 5. The Rule of Special Thirds: Base and Superstructure
  • 6. The System, Toe, and Anchor Rules: ISA Basics
  • 7. The Causality Rule: Grey Cows and Green Cheese
  • 8. The Struggle Rule: The Necessity of Contingency
  • 9. The School Rule
  • 10. The Go Rule
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Part II: The Common Sense About Althusser: Foundations of Critical Education
  • 12. The Three Critiques
  • 13. Foundations of Critical Education: Apple and Giroux's Indecision
  • 14. Roots of the Common Sense
  • 15. Against Generality: Hirst
  • 16. A Trotskyite Calling Stalin: Callinicos
  • 17. The Eagle's Apostasy: E. P. Thompson
  • 18. Ashes and Promiscuity: Willis and Connell
  • 19. Conclusion
  • Part III: Structural Education: Towards an Althusserian Pedagogy
  • 20. Developments in Structure, Reproduction, and the Relations of Production
  • 21. The Structure of Race in Education: From Hall to Leonardo
  • 22. Structural Analysis of Girls' Education: AnnMarie Wolpe
  • 23. Gender, History, Duality: Barrett
  • 24. Marxist Feminist Education Research: Arnot, Deem, and Vallis
  • 25. Ideology in Struggle: Advances in Interpellation
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Index.

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