The Critical Turn In Education: From Marxist Critique To Poststructuralist Feminism To Critical Theories Of Race (critical Social Thought)

The Critical Turn in Education traces the historical emergence and development of critical theories in the field of education, from the introduction of Marxist and other radical social theories in the 1960s to the contemporary critical landscape. The book begins by tracing the first waves of critical scholarship in the field through a close, contextual study of the intellectual and political projects of several core figures including, Paulo Freire, Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Michael Apple, and Henry Giroux. Later chapters offer a discussion of feminist critiques, the influx of postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas in education, and critical theories of race. While grounded in U.S. scholarship, The Critical Turn in Education contextualizes the development of critical ideas and political projects within a larger international history, and charts the ongoing theoretical debates that seek to explain the relationship between school and society. Today, much of the language of this critical turn has now become commonplace—words such as "hegemony," "ideology," and the term "critical" itself—but by providing a historical analysis, The Critical Turn in Education illuminates the complexity and nuance of these theoretical tools, which offer ways of understanding the intersections between individual identities and structural forces in an attempt to engage and overturn social injustice. Cover 1 Title 6 Copyright 7 CONTENTS 8 Acknowledgements 10 Series Editor’s Introduction 12 Introduction 18 1 Revolutionary Movements 26 2 Political Economy and the Academic Left 48 3 Ideology and Hegemony 69 4 Critical Pedagogy 91 5 Situated Knowledge and Feminist Standpoint Epistemology 111 6 Critical Theories of Race 133 Conclusion 155 References 164 Index 188 Revolutionary Movements -- Political Economy And The Academic Left -- Ideology And Hegemony -- Critical Pedagogy -- Situated Knowledge And Feminist Standpoint Epistemology -- Critical Theories Of Race. Isaac Gottesman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.