ABSTRACT

Chapter 6 examines calls for a radical transformation of the Western school model that are currently emanating from Antifa (anti-fascist), anarchist and radical environmentalists. These groups reject the corporate orientation of national school systems. The topics covered in the chapter include: anarchist education: the search for a nonauthoritarian society; Summerhill as an Antifa rejection of the Western school model; the anarchist educational ideology of Emma Goldman and Francis Ferrer; the Modern School at Stelton; Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy; anthropocentrism and biocentrism; and EarthFirst!’s use of ecotage and biocentric commitment.