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Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society

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Authors:
  1. Gary Saunders

    1. School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

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  • Documents and critically examines the importance of autonomous learning
  • Examines the use of participatory action research for academics and activists involved in political projects
  • Outlines how the lessons learned can be used to inform the development of an alternative model of higher education

Part of the book series: Marxism and Education (MAED)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Higher Education Policy and Reform in England (1945-Present)—A Marxist Critique

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 1-30

  3. Protest and Resistance and the Emergence of Autonomous Learning Spaces

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 31-64

  4. Understanding the Practical and Theoretical Significance of Autonomous Learning Spaces

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 65-102

  5. Participatory Action Research and the Social Science Centre

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 103-141

  6. Autonomous Learning Spaces in the UK

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 143-192

  7. Radical Scholars’ Guide to Creating Autonomous Learning Spaces

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 193-209

  8. Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society: Towards a Co-operative University?

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 211-222

  9. Conclusion

    • Gary Saunders
    Pages 223-229

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 231-256
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About this book

Using an Open Marxist theoretical framework, this book provides a critique of the neoliberal reforms made to higher education since the late 1970s and the impact this has had on the sector. Rather than arguing for a return to the idea of the public university, the book argues that public and private models of higher education are both forms of capitalist accumulation and have historically perpetuated forms of oppression, exploitation and discrimination; thus, a more radical solution that addresses both the current crisis of higher education and the contradictory and exploitative nature of late capitalism is required. This book critically examines the autonomous learning spaces that emerged out of the UK student protests (2009-2010) and documents what can be learned from them to prefigure the idea of the university for a post-capitalist society.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Gary Saunders

About the author

Gary Saunders is Associate Professor in Criminology and Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society

  • Authors: Gary Saunders

  • Series Title: Marxism and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46649-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46648-9Published: 07 December 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46651-9Due: 07 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46649-6Published: 06 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3114

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3122

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy and Politics, Education, general, Political Philosophy

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