Document Type
Article
Abstract
An examination of the role of ideologies from the past in shaping educational thought, action, policy and practice in the present. Takes the position that inequality is an expression of a fundamentally parasitic relationship forged during the 17th century colonial push and cemented institutionally in the early 20th century by a progressive version of social Darwinist thought known as eugenic ideology. Considered are the roles of historical disciplinary limitations, memory, and the co-optation of the language of social justice in perpetuating a racist, classist, hierarchy in education that has been bearing fruit for nearly two centuries. Warns against uncritical use of the language and framework of social justice specifically and progressivism in general.
Recommended Citation
Winfield, A.G. (2015). Parasitism revealed: On the absence of concession. International Journal of Curriculum and Social Justice, 1(1),17-39.
Comments
Published in: International Journal of Curriculum and Social Justice, vol. 1, issue 1, 2018.