Education and the Reproduction of Capital

The volume is a reflection on the specific context of neoliberal capitalism and it's impact on education. The chapters move beyond establishing the linkages between neoliberalism and education. They establish the intersectionality of state, capital and education and engage with possibilities of transcending the onslaught of capital. Cutting across different chapters there is an analysis of how capital mutilates the educational structures, shapes the discourses to further its own interests and is constantly engaged in thwarting possibilities of opposition. Despite this offensive of capital possibilities of resistance remain. Contributors have made efforts through examples to demonstrate how this happens in different geographical locations – from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere.

Ravi Kumar is an associate professor of Sociology at South Asian University. He has a doctorate in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His works include The Heart of the Matter: Development, Identity and Violence: Reconfiguring the Debate, Ghetto and Within: Class, Identity, State and Politics of Mobilisation, Global Neoliberalism and Education and its Consequences, The Crisis of Elementary Education in India, and The Politics of Imperialism and Counterstrategies. He is co-editor of the series Social Movements, Dissent and Transformative Action, is co-editor of Radical Notes (www.radicalnotes.com), and has written over a dozen chapters on education, media, and social movements.