Scorched Earth
Prelude to rebuilding Marxist educational theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11166015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn Rikowski (0000-0002-9821-3762, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 551-574 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0142569970180405 |
| OpenAlex | W2045118253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 56 |
This paper focuses on the internal degeneration of the Marxist educational theory flowing from Bowles & Gintis (1976) and Willis (1977). It explores five interlinked ‘debilitating problematics’ ‐‐ the base/superstructure metaphor, Left functionalism, relative autonomy, resistance theory and the education for autonomy/revolution dilemma ‐‐ which have simultaneously formed the backbone of Marxist educational theory and constituted the roots of its theoretical weaknesses. The general argument is that these weaknesses are so deep‐seated that Marxists interested in theorising capitalist schooling need to start afresh. The paper points towards some possible starting points for new Marxist thinking on capitalist schooling, the preferred option being an analysis of labour‐power. One consequence of taking labour‐power as the starting point for a Marxist analysis of education is that it entails the dissolution of Marxist educational theory’. Instead, educational theory and politics become subordinated to a concern with the social production of labour‐power in capitalism
Autonomy · Capitalism · Dilemma · Economics · Education theory · Epistemology · Higher education · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |