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Just What the Hell is a Neo-Marxist Anyway?

A Political and Intellectual Biography

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When asked to write my intellectual biography and how and why I came to enter the field of critical pedagogy (to the extent it can be called a “field,” see, Apple & Au, 2015, for further discussion), a large part of me wants to give the short answer: For as long as I can remember, my dad has been a communist. Now that answer is simplistic and incomplete, but it does speak to some things that were foundational in my development as a child and into my adult life.

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    Wayne Au

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Au, W. (2015). Just What the Hell is a Neo-Marxist Anyway?. In: Porfilio, B.J., Ford, D.R. (eds) Leaders in Critical Pedagogy. Leaders in Educational Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-166-3_2

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