This book focuses on educational praxis—connecting work inside schools with work outside school—to produce a revitalized critical theory of education that shows its slide away from Marxism and toward culturalism. The chapters outline a knowledge production process in three connected parts: a critical history; conceptual extensions; and praxis. 

Andrew Gitlin is Professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia, USA. His work focuses on school transformation that works on and mediates societal inequalities including issues of race, class, and gender.