Marx and Education

Marx and Education is the first assessment of the educational thought of Karl Marx and its later influence. Marx's thinking on education touches on many still current issues: about personal development, the nature of learning, and the ultimate aims of education, as well as the relations between the school and society. Robin Small explores Marx's approach to each of these issues and in relating them to later developments brings the story up to the present day.

"I can highly recommend the book. It is very readable, and its careful documentation, contextualisation and interpretation of what Marx has written on education makes it an important contribution to Marx scholarship as well as to the study of education and society." - Palle Rasmussen, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Autorentext
Robin Small is an Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand. His previous books include Nietzsche in Context (Ashgate, 2001), A Hundred Years of Phenomenology (Ashgate, 2001) and Nietzsche and Rée: A Star Friendship (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Inhalt
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Educational Theory: Human nature; Alienation; Praxis; Historical materialism; Ideology. Part II: Educational Practice: Problems and programmes; Polytechnical training; Work, play and school; State education; Socialist schooling. Conclusion: Marx's educational legacy; Bibliography; Index.