Overview
- Offers well-founded critiques of contemporary society and also presents solutions deliverable through education
- Offers case studies of 'twenty-first century socialist' projects
- Brings together critical accounts of education under historical and contemporary socialism
Part of the book series: Explorations of Educational Purpose (EXEP, volume 24)
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For some, socialism is a potent way of achieving economic, political and social transformations in the twenty-first century, while others find the very term socialism outdated. This book engages readers in a discussion about the viability of socialist views on education and identifies the capacity of some socialist ideas to address a range of widely recognized social ills. It argues that these pervasive social problems, which plague so-called ‘developed’ societies as much as they contribute to the poverty, humiliation and lack of prospects in the rest of the world, fundamentally challenge us to act. In our contemporary world-system, distancing ourselves from the injustices of others is neither viable nor defensible. Rather than waiting for radically new solutions to emerge, this book sees the possibility of transformation in the reconfiguration of existing social logics that comprise our modern societies, including logics of socialism.
The book presents case studies that offer a critical examination of education in contemporary socialist contexts, as well as reconsidering examples of education under historical socialism. In charting these alternatives, and retooling past solutions in a nuanced way, it sets out compelling evidence that it is possible to think and act in ways that depart from today’s dominant educational paradigm. It offers contemporary policy makers, researchers, and practitioners a cogent demonstration of the contemporary utility of educational ideas and solutions associated with socialism.
A pioneering collection of essays which is central to understanding the historical and contemporary meanings of socialism in the context of neoliberal globalization. It is a most timely contribution to agrowing intellectual project that challenges the hegemony of capitalism, while re-thinking and theorizing alternatives.
Iveta Silova, Associate Professor of Comparative Education, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
In this significant contribution to recent scholarship the authors use the lens of socialist education to offer an original critique of hegemonic capitalism, and present an intellectually rigorous search for alternatives by reconsidering historical socialism and advancing promising educational experiments that challenge the 'global architecture of education'.
Anders Breidlid, Professor of International Education and Development, Oslo University College, Norway
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Keywords
- 21st century socialism
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- Venezuela
- capitalism
- citizen education
- communist education
- comparative education
- counter-hegemonic initiatives
- globalization
- integral education
- mass education
- neoliberalism
- post-communist education
- social movements
- socialist education
- socialist identities
- soviet education
- twenty-first century socialism
- universal education
- world-systems analysis
Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Negotiating the present: twenty-first century socialism
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Discovering aspects of socialist institutions and thinking for transformation
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Logics of Socialist Education
Book Subtitle: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty
Editors: Tom G. Griffiths, Zsuzsa Millei
Series Title: Explorations of Educational Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4728-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4727-2Published: 11 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8127-5Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4728-9Published: 14 September 2012
Series ISSN: 1875-4449
Series E-ISSN: 1875-4457
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 212
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education