Marxism and education

Louis Althusser 1971: ideological state apparatus

RSA: repressive state apparatus, includes the police, courts and army. Use physical force when necessary

ISA: ideological state apparatus, controls beliefs values and ideas. education reproduces class inequalities and justifies them.

Bowles and Gintis 1976: schooling in capitalist America

• Capitalism makes workers alienated and exploits them into working for long hours for little pay
• Reproduction theory: the role…