This book introduces educational practitioners, students, and scholars to the people, concepts, questions, and concerns that make up the field of critical social theory. It guides readers into a lively conversation about how education can and does contribute to reinforcing or challenging relations of domination in the modern era. Written by a group of experienced educators and scholars, in an engaging style, Critical Social Theories and Education introduces and explains the preeminent thinkers and traditions in critical social theory, and discusses the primary strands of educational research and thought that have been informed and influenced by them.

Levinson Jacob P. K., Gross Christopher, Hanks Julia, Heimer Dadds, Kafi D. Kumasi, Joseph Link, Dini Metro-Roland

Introduction, Bradley A. U. Levinson; Chapter 1 Forerunners and Foundation Builders, Bradley A. U. Levinson, Jacob P. K. Gross, Joseph Link, Christopher Hanks; Chapter 2 Education and Hegemony, Jacob P. K. Gross; Chapter 3 The Double-Edge of Reason, Christopher Hanks; Chapter 4 Symbolic Domination and the Reproduction of Inequality, Bradley A. U. Levinson; Chapter 5 Knowledge, Power, and Care of the Self, Dini Metro-Roland; Chapter 6 Feminisms, Julia Heimer Dadds; Chapter 7 Critical Race Theory and Education, Kafi D. Kumasi; Chapter 8 Friendly Critiques and Fellow Travelers, Bradley A. U. Levinson, Jacob P. K. Gross, Christopher Hanks;