Overview
- Evaluates the impact of ‘BritCrit’ (British Critical Race Theory)
- Provides a framework for discussing new theoretical developments in Critical Race theory and relates them to political and economic developments in this era of austerity
- Contrasts the CRT concept of 'race consciousness' with the Marxist concept of 'class consciousness'
- Assesses the growth of Critical Race Theory in the US
Part of the book series: Marxism and Education (MAED)
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This book considers new developments in Critical Race Theory (CRT) in times of austerity and assesses both the impact of British CRT or ‘BritCrit’, and CRT’s continuing growth in the US. Following transatlantic impact of the first and only book-length response from a Marxist perspective—Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response—Cole includes a retrospective critique and development of certain arguments in that volume; an evaluation of the influential ‘Race Traitor’ movement, including observations on the (changing) political perspectives of Ignatiev and Garvey; and reflections on racialized neoliberal capitalism in the era of austerity and immiseration. While acknowledging CRT’s strengths, this book stresses the need for (neo-) Marxist analysis to fully understand and challenge racism in the UK and the US and to envision a socialism for the twenty-first century.
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
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Mike Cole is Research Professor in Education at the University of East London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Developments in Critical Race Theory and Education
Book Subtitle: Revisiting Racialized Capitalism and Socialism in Austerity
Authors: Mike Cole
Series Title: Marxism and Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53540-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53539-9Published: 17 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53540-5Published: 14 February 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3114
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3122
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 210
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Education, general, Philosophy of Education, Political Theory, International and Comparative Education