If Schools Didn't Exist by Nils Christie - ISBN: 9780262538893
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Imagine a world without schools: What would we learn?

If Schools Didn't Exist

A Study in the Sociology of Schools 

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  • Paperback

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    17 November 2020

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Summary

A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time.

This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society, Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and John Holt’s How Children Fail. Nils Christie’s If School Didn’t Exist, translat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262538893
ISBN-10:026253889X
Author:Nils Christie
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:17 November 2020
Weight:330g
Dimensions:137mm x 203mm
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If Schools Didn't Exist by Nils Christie - ISBN: 9780262538893
137 × 203 mm
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About The Author

Nils Christie

Nils Christie (1929-2015) was a Norwegian sociologist.

Lucas Cone is a PhD Fellow at the Danish School of Education at Aarhus University.

Joachim Wiewiura is a PhD Fellow in Philosophy at the Center for Information and Bubble Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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