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New Developments in Critical Race Theory and Education

Revisiting Racialized Capitalism and Socialism in Austerity

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  • © 2017

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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Table of contents (8 chapters)

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About this book

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. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of East London, London, United Kingdom

    Mike Cole

About the author

Mike Cole is Research Professor in Education at the University of East London, UK.  

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