The publication, for the first time in Greek, of the book by Peter McLaren and Ramin Farahmandpur is an event in itself. It raises fundamental questions about education and politics from the outset: Who benefits from the educational system and the existing educational mechanisms, and whose interests do the prevailing pedagogical practices serve? What is the relationship between pedagogical practices and education as a process of reproducing the dominant class system?
It contributes to shaping alternative proposals from the side of the educators' movement that challenges the core of capitalist education, demonstrating that another education and another society are possible. It articulates a programmatic discourse where the voice of poor social strata, women, individuals with disabilities, migrants, and generally social minorities has a strong place in educational planning.
This book is a distinct contribution to the current that McLaren termed Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy, as a response to the ongoing, and often successful, attempts to manipulate Critical Pedagogy. The book combines deep Marxist analysis with a capable dose of humor, giving it a unique vitality. It not only offers rich material in the fields of pedagogy and culture but also examples, interpretations, and models for educators and students who seek to resist an overt attack from business interests and right-wing influence in education.
With the precision of a surgeon, the vision of a sage, the passion of a teacher, and the cynicism of a philosopher, the authors explore globalization, imperialism, Marxism, and educational policy through an investigation of the past, a brilliant reading of the present, and a passionate call for the future of revolutionary critical pedagogy.
A modern classic book! Peter McLaren and Ramin Farahmandpur advance the Marxism of the new millennium.
