Interrogating Capitalism in Education
Critical Perspectives in the Digital Age
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:19th Aug '26
£171.99
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Informed by Marxist scholarship, this book aims to shed light on the complex relationship between capitalism, education, and digitalization.
The book is structured in two parts, related dialectically. The first part traces the new global educational order from the 1980s to the current highly digitalized moment. The second part draws on interviews with teachers and activists in Catalonia about the current educational orthodoxy, revealing the effect of neoliberal policies within schools, and what alternatives are offered by teacher resistance movements. The book closes with a chapter on the interplay between artificial intelligence, capitalism, and education.
A significant contribution to critical scholarship on neoliberalism and education, this book is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in education policy, sociology of education, and discourse analysis.
“This is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of education—not only researchers and postgraduate students but also teachers, activists, and policymakers willing to question the prevailing orthodoxy. Bori has written a book that is critical without being cynical, hopeful without being naive, and rigorous without being inaccessible. It deserves a wide readership and will undoubtedly shape debates in critical education studies for years to come.”
Michael A. Peters, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (from Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2)
"Bori's book holds a mirror to the euphoria around EdTech, blurring the certainties of digital governance while revealing the human cost and aspirational unfreedoms that an exclusive focus on 'technology' entails. The Trojan horse of platformisation has congealed perfectly with the neoliberal imaginary of individualisation, competency orientation, and accountability—providing the perfect rationale for a gradual reduction in educational quality."
Manasi Thapliyal Navani, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi (from Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2)
“Interrogating Capitalism in Education is a timely work, situated within a body of contemporary academic literature and philosophical reflection that engages with concerns about the future at a moment when, in the West, we are living through what is widely perceived as a civilisational crisis.”
Xavier Diez, USTEC Teachers Union (from Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2)
ISBN: 9781032524375
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 440g
140 pages