Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory

Dave Hill is Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies at University College Northampton, UK. Peter McLaren is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Mike Cole is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Brighton, UK. Glenn Rikowski is Senior Research Fellow in Lifelong Learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Central England.

The importance of a work that grounds critical educational theory in its Marxist foundations and that constitutes an uncompromising socialist project dedicated to educating towards a just society, cannot be understated. This book will provocatively engage all scholars who consider the multiple roles of schooling in society.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Postmodernism in Educational TheoryChapter 3 Prelude: Marxist Educational Theory after PostmodernismPart 4 Postmodern ExcessChapter 5 Breaking Signifying Chains: A Marxist Position on PostmodernismChapter 6 Structuring the Postmodern in Education PolicyChapter 7 'Resistance Postmodernism' — Progressive Politics or Rhetorical Left Posturing?Part 8 Human Resistance Against PostmodernismChapter 9 Education, Capital, and the TranshumanChapter 10 Youth, Training, and the Politics of 'Cool'Chapter 11 Marxism, Class Analysis, and PostmodernismChapter 12 Racism, Postmodernism, and the Flight from ClassChapter 13 Women, Work, and the Family: or Why Postmodernism Cannot Explain the LinksPart 14 Pedagogy, Reprise, and ConclusionChapter 15 Recentering Class: Wither Postmodernism? Toward a Contraband PedagogyChapter 16 Postmodernism Adieu: Toward a Politics of Human Resistance