1st Edition

Bourgeois Ideology and Education Subversion Through Pedagogy

By Steven Snow Copyright 2018
    144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book identifies the origins and central assertions of bourgeois ideology as well as the reasons for their persuasive power, and offers pedagogical tools to weaken them. The author suggests techniques for use in the classroom, the community and the imagination that subvert negative stereotypes about poor people and individualist explanations for socio-economic status. Written from an ecumenical socialist perspective combining Marxist, neo-Marxist, and anarchist perspectives, this book utilizes a broad interdisciplinary scope, encompassing political theory, religion, political psychology, and literature.

    1. Introduction: Ideology and Pedagogy

    2. In the Air. Bourgeois Ideology

    3. In the Classroom: Subverting the Myth of Meritocracy

    4. In the Community. Service Learning as Intergroup Contact

    5. In the Mind: Subversive Literautre

    6. Conclusion: Pedagogy in the "Post-truth" Era  

    Biography

    Steven G. Snow is Professor of Government and Politics at Wagner College, New York City.