ECONOMIC REDUCTIONISM, FORMULAIC RESPONSES, AND PUSHING ALLIES AWAY? A RESPONSE TO SOME COMMENTS ON MARXISM AND EDUCATIONAL THEORY: ORIGINS AND ISSUES

摘要

Kevin Murray and Daniel P. Liston are of the opinion that my book, Marxism and Educational Theory: Origins and Issues, "offers both a helpful primer on Marxist educational theory as well as sophisticated analyses of twentieth-century 'advances' on Marxist educational framings." Michael Apple, on the other hand, states: Even though [Marxism and Educational Theory] argues at one or two junctures against an economically deterministic version of Marxism, [its] proposed alternative is still largely a restored economistic Marxism. In a number of ways, the book reads like something of a primer on this limited version of Marxism. Apple believes that, because of its "economic reductionism" and "formulaic responses that obliterate complexities, intersecting power relations and oppressions," the book unfortunately pushes possible allies away.