ABSTRACT

First published in 1982, this collection of essays provides an analysis of education’s contradictory role in social reproduction. It looks at the complex relations between the economic, political and cultural spheres of society, both historically and at the time of publication, and hones the wider range of debate in on education.

This volume will be of interest to those studying sociology and equality in education.

chapter 1|31 pages

Reproduction and contradiction in education:

an introduction

chapter 2|47 pages

Education and class formation:

the peculiarities of the Americans

chapter 3|48 pages

Education, economy and the State

chapter 4|35 pages

Education and the capitalist State:

contributions and contradictions

chapter 5|19 pages

Schooling and the reproduction of patriarchy:

unequal workloads, unequal rewards

chapter 7|45 pages

Television’s screens:

hegemony in transition

chapter 8|28 pages

Curricular form and the logic of technical control:

building the possessive individual

chapter 9|29 pages

Structure, text, and subject:

a critical sociology of school knowledge