ABSTRACT

Although there have been a few historical accounts of the anarchist school movement, there has been no systematic work on the philosophical underpinnings of anarchist educational ideas - until now.

Anarchism and Education offers a philosophical account of the neglected tradition of anarchist thought on education. Although few anarchist thinkers wrote systematically on education, this analysis is based largely on a reconstruction of the educational thought of anarchist thinkers gleaned from their various ethical, philosophical and popular writings. Primarily drawing on the work of the nineteenth century anarchist theorists such as Bakunin, Kropotkin and Proudhon, the book also covers twentieth century anarchist thinkers such as Noam Chomsky, Paul Goodman, Daniel Guerin and Colin Ward.

This original work will interest philosophers of education and educationalist thinkers as well as those with a general interest in anarchism.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Anarchism – definitions and questions

chapter 2|14 pages

Anarchism and human nature

chapter 3|16 pages

Anarchist values?

chapter 4|8 pages

Authority, the state and education

chapter 5|13 pages

The positive core of anarchism

chapter 6|27 pages

Anarchism goes to school

chapter 8|19 pages

What’s so funny about anarchism?