Kelsh, D. and Hill, D. (2006) The culturalization of class and the occluding of class consciousness: the knowledge industry in/of education. Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies. 4(1) 1740-2743.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | The Marxist concept of class is necessary in order to combat neo-liberal and neoconservative initiatives that work systematically to reduce education to an adjunct serving the interests of the capitalist class in extracting ever more profit for itself. The Marxist concept of class, because it connects inequitable social relations and explains them as both connected and rooted in the social relations of production, enables class consciousness and the knowledges necessary to replace capitalism with socialism. The Marxist concept of class, however, has been emptied of its explanatory power by theorists in the field of education as elsewhere who have converted it into a term that simply describes, and cannot explain the root causes of, strata of the population and the inequities among them. This essay critiques sample theorists in the field of education who have participated in the conversion of the Marxist concept of class to a descriptive term by culturalizing it - pluralizing it and cutting its connection to the social relations of exploitation that are central to capitalism. Such knowledge workers serve the interests of the capitalist class. The essay argues for the necessity of the Marxist concept of class, as well as of class consciousness, in combating and transforming capitalism into socialism |
| Additional Information: | RAE2008 UoA45 |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism > HX519 Communism/socialism in relation to special topics L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC65 Social aspects of education L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC189 Educational sociology > LC196 Critical pedagogy |
| Creators: | Kelsh, Deb and Hill, Dave |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities |
| Date: | 1 March 2006 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1740-2743 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/119 |
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