Alienation and education
Alienation and education
This is a work that isolates the phenomenon of alienation as the most serious problem to confront society and education. The concept of alienation is complex and ambiguous and so from three sociological perspectives the endeavour has been made to arrive at a clear and coherent definition. This definition, substantiated also by readings in psychology and phenomenology, suggests alienation to be a subjective state in the individual, characterised by the loss or impoverishment of the dialectic-in-consciousness. It is not, however, conceived of as one single mode of being. Three modes of subjectivity are isolated as typifications of alienation:- robot consciousness, manipulatory consciousness and the state of mind that is schizoid and tends towards schizophrenia. The transposition of the examination of these modes to education produces new insights. The discussion of robot subjectivity, whilst revealing close links between systems of power and control in society and educational failure, highlights also the diminishment in humanity of successful school products.
University of Southampton
Knox, Annie Christina
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1975
Knox, Annie Christina
ede8ed30-3a44-49d9-94ab-8c58bf08e0a0
Knox, Annie Christina
(1975)
Alienation and education.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This is a work that isolates the phenomenon of alienation as the most serious problem to confront society and education. The concept of alienation is complex and ambiguous and so from three sociological perspectives the endeavour has been made to arrive at a clear and coherent definition. This definition, substantiated also by readings in psychology and phenomenology, suggests alienation to be a subjective state in the individual, characterised by the loss or impoverishment of the dialectic-in-consciousness. It is not, however, conceived of as one single mode of being. Three modes of subjectivity are isolated as typifications of alienation:- robot consciousness, manipulatory consciousness and the state of mind that is schizoid and tends towards schizophrenia. The transposition of the examination of these modes to education produces new insights. The discussion of robot subjectivity, whilst revealing close links between systems of power and control in society and educational failure, highlights also the diminishment in humanity of successful school products.
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Published date: 1975
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