
Education and Knowledge
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Education and Knowledge book
The Structured Misrepresentation of Reality
Education and Knowledge
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Education and Knowledge book
The Structured Misrepresentation of Reality
ByKevin Harris
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1979
eBook Published 13 September 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 226 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315528731
SubjectsEducation
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Harris, K. (1979). Education and Knowledge. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315528731
In this book, first published in 1979, Kevin Harris explores the idea that in capitalist liberal democracies formal education functions essentially not to reveal reality, but rather to transmit to each new generation a structured misrepresentation of reality. In defence of this controversial and thought-provoking view, the author argues that all knowledge of the world is theory-laden and that a neutral, detached, objective description of the world is impossible. This title will be of interest to students of the philosophy of education.