Inheriting Possibility
Social Reproduction and Quantification in Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2244373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James W Ainsworth (Georgia State University, corresponding author), James Ainsworth (Georgia State University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e4-e4 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sf/soy005 |
| OpenAlex | W2793993198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Inheriting Possibility represents an ambitious effort to develop a theory that Dixon-Román calls “new materialism,” and to combine various types of analyses to address the intergenerational reproduction of social inequality through education. The author, in this heavily theoretical book, shows an impressively wide-ranging grasp of theories related to education and social inequality in general. There seem to be three main contributions of the book. First, building on the work of Vicki Kirby, it critiques past research and identifies a great need to move beyond the assumed duality of nature and culture that has biased past research on social reproduction. In doing so, the author develops his “new materialism” theory. Second, the book calls for reconciliation of the tension between critical theory scholars and the tenets of quantitative methods. Third, it provides specific research that addresses how parenting performativities and preparing for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) act to reproduce “difference” across generations.
Epistemology · GRASP · Historical materialism · Inequality · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Political science · Reproduction · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Law · Mathematics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Introduction
Ain’t Oughta Be in the Dictionary
Positions, positionality, and relationality in educational research
Narrative inquiry and anti-racist teaching
School as agent and curricular actor
An intersectional examination of the opportunity gap in science
Becoming Shuri
Gender, racial-ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in the development of social-emotional competence among elementary school students
Becoming Otherwise
| Citations per year | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |