The Gold and the Dross
David I. Backer, "The Gold and the Dross "
English | ISBN: 9004391258 | 2019 | 100 pages | PDF | 488 KB
English | ISBN: 9004391258 | 2019 | 100 pages | PDF | 488 KB
In the last decade, there has been an international resurgence of interest in the philosophy of Louis Althusser. New essays, journalism, collections, secondary literature, and even manuscripts by Althusser himself are emerging, speaking in fresh ways to audiences of theorists and activists. Althusser is especially important in educational thought, as he famously claimed that school is the most impactful ideological state apparatus in modern society. This insight inspired a generation of educational researchers, but Althusser's philosophy–unique in a number of ways, one of which was its emphasis on education–largely lost popularity.
Despite this resurgence of interest, and while Althusser's philosophy is important for educators and activists to know about, it remains difficult to understand.
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