Open AccessMarxism and education: fragility, crisis, critique
Author(s) -
Gleen Rikowski
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cadernos do gposshe on-line
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2595-7880
DOI - 10.33241/cadernosdogposshe.v1i1.488
Subject(s) - fragility , constitution , foundation (evidence) , capital (architecture) , social capital , work (physics) , social transformation , sociology , positive economics , political science , epistemology , social science , law , social change , economics , philosophy , history , mechanical engineering , chemistry , archaeology , engineering
The article rests substantially on the work of John Holloway, especially his early articles in Common Sense: Journal of the Edinburgh Conference of Socialist Economists. On this foundation, it is argued, firstly, that the importance of Marxism resides in its capacity to pinpoint fragilities and weaknesses in the constitution, development and rule of capital in contemporary society. Understanding these fragilities sharpens the critical edge of any movements aimed at social transformation out of the madhouse of capital.