Postmodernism has become the orthodoxy in educational theory. It heralds the end of grand theories like Marxism and liberalism, scorning any notion of a united feminist challenge to patriachy, of united anti-racist struggle, and of united working-class movements against capitalist exploitation and oppression. For postmodernists, the world is fragmented, history is ended, and all struggles are local and particularistic. Written by internationally renowned British and American educational theorists Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theorya substantially revised edition of the original 1999 work Postmodernism in Educational Theorycritically examines the infusion of postmodernism and theories of postmodernity into educational theory, policy, and research. The writers argue that postmodernism provides neither a viable educational politics, nor the foundation for effective radical educational practice and offer an alternative 'politics of human resistance' which puts the challenge to capitalism firmly on the agenda of educational theory, politics, and practice.

Dave Hill is Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies at University College Northampton, UK. Peter McLaren is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Mike Cole is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Brighton, UK. Glenn Rikowski is Senior Research Fellow in Lifelong Learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Central England.

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Postmodernism in Educational TheoryChapter 3 Prelude: Marxist Educational Theory after PostmodernismChapter 4 Postmodern ExcessChapter 5 Breaking Signifying Chains: A Marxist Position on PostmodernismChapter 6 Structuring the Postmodern in Education PolicyChapter 7 'Resistance Postmodernism' Progressive Politics or Rhetorical Left Posturing?Chapter 8 Human Resistance Against PostmodernismChapter 9 Education, Capital, and the TranshumanChapter 10 Youth, Training, and the Politics of 'Cool'Chapter 11 Marxism, Class Analysis, and PostmodernismChapter 12 Racism, Postmodernism, and the Flight from ClassChapter 13 Women, Work, and the Family: or Why Postmodernism Cannot Explain the LinksChapter 14 Pedagogy, Reprise, and ConclusionChapter 15 Recentering Class: Wither Postmodernism? Toward a Contraband PedagogyChapter 16 Postmodernism Adieu: Toward a Politics of Human Resistance