A Pragmatic and Pedagogically Minded Revaluation of Historical Materialism

Autor/in	McNight, Andrew N.
Titel	A Pragmatic and Pedagogically Minded Revaluation of Historical Materialism
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 8 (2010) 2, S.103-129 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Social Environment; Economic Impact; Economics; Critical Theory; Social Justice; Ethics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Ökonomische Determinanten; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Kritische Theorie; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Ethik
Abstract	In this article the author uses the context of our contemporary social climate, with its various challenges to democratic vitality and social justice, to reconstruct a theory of social progress. Specifically, he attempts a pragmatic reconstruction of Marx's historical materialism, not as a totalizing ideology, but as a method of analysis for conducting critical inquiry into the normative structures that exist within our present modes of physical and cultural production. The author's aim is to examine the relationships among various social formations, and recommend remedies to the reified cycles that potentially stifle criticality, creativity, and human solidarity. His hope is that through the construction and application of a flexible yet critical theory of analysis as a lens for cultural investigation in pedagogical spaces, and through related ethical action, we may alter our circumstances toward more just, tolerable, and stable modes of existence within our social and physical world. (Contains 12 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10