Rethinking the School: Subjectivity, Bureaucracy, Criticism

by Ian Hunter

Book Overview

A cultural history of the modern school. Unlike Marxian and liberal theories of education, this book does not see the school as a failed expression of principles of equality, rational choice and personal development; instead, using Foucault's genealogical method, it argues that the school is a result of improvization by a series of obscure officials who were responding to problems of state building and social discipline. In particular, it focuses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031212144X
• ISBN13: 9780312121440
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"