ABSTRACT

This book identifies the origins and central assertions of bourgeois ideology as well as the reasons for their persuasive power, and offers pedagogical tools to weaken them. The author suggests techniques for use in the classroom, the community and the imagination that subvert negative stereotypes about poor people and individualist explanations for socio-economic status. Written from an ecumenical socialist perspective combining Marxist, neo-Marxist, and anarchist perspectives, this book utilizes a broad interdisciplinary scope, encompassing political theory, religion, political psychology, and literature.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

Ideology and Pedagogy

chapter 1|29 pages

In the Air

Bourgeois Ideology

chapter 2|22 pages

In the Classroom

Subverting the Myth of Meritocracy

chapter 3|23 pages

In the Community

Service Learning as Intergroup Contact

chapter 4|29 pages

In the Mind

Subversive Literature

chapter |19 pages

Conclusion

Pedagogy in the “Post-Truth Era”