Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education
This is the first full-length study of the life and career of Brian Simon (1915-2002), leading Marxist intellectual and historian of education in twentieth-century Britain. Using documentary sources that have only recently become publicly available, it reveals the remarkably broad range of Simon’s l...
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| author | McCulloch, Gary Canales, Antonio F. Ku, Hsiao-Yuh |
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| description | This is the first full-length study of the life and career of Brian Simon (1915-2002), leading Marxist intellectual and historian of education in twentieth-century Britain. Using documentary sources that have only recently become publicly available, it reveals the remarkably broad range of Simon’s life as student, soldier and school teacher, Communist Party activist, and educational academic, campaigner and reformer. In a sympathetic biography that yet retains critical distance, the authors analyse Simon’s contribution to Marxism and the Communist Party. They explore the influence of both on his work as a historian of education and trace the significance of his Marxist beliefs, political associations and historical approach to the cause of educational reform. In so doing, they consider the full nature and limitations of Simon’s achievements in his struggle for education. Unlike many Marxist scholars he remained loyal to the Communist Party in the 1950s, which damaged his reputation as a public intellectual. Nevertheless, his support for comprehensive education helped to promote egalitarian educational reforms in Britain, although he was later unable to provide sufficient resistance to the 1988 Education Reform Act and to a decline in the position of the comprehensive schools.
In all this, the significance of Simon’s family, and especially his relationship with his wife Joan is to the fore. Joan and Brian forged a formidable 60-year partnership, in politics and the Communist Party as well as in life, that lasted until Brian’s death in January 2002.
Praise for Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education
'a very interesting book for historians of education and the best overall work about the thought and work of Brian Simon.'
Historia y Memoria de la Educación |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1394562024-07-05T04:09:42Z Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education McCulloch, Gary Canales, Antonio F. Ku, Hsiao-Yuh education history;UK;Communist Party;comprehensive education;academic biography;Marxist intellectuals;educational reform thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNB History of education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement This is the first full-length study of the life and career of Brian Simon (1915-2002), leading Marxist intellectual and historian of education in twentieth-century Britain. Using documentary sources that have only recently become publicly available, it reveals the remarkably broad range of Simon’s life as student, soldier and school teacher, Communist Party activist, and educational academic, campaigner and reformer. In a sympathetic biography that yet retains critical distance, the authors analyse Simon’s contribution to Marxism and the Communist Party. They explore the influence of both on his work as a historian of education and trace the significance of his Marxist beliefs, political associations and historical approach to the cause of educational reform. In so doing, they consider the full nature and limitations of Simon’s achievements in his struggle for education. Unlike many Marxist scholars he remained loyal to the Communist Party in the 1950s, which damaged his reputation as a public intellectual. Nevertheless, his support for comprehensive education helped to promote egalitarian educational reforms in Britain, although he was later unable to provide sufficient resistance to the 1988 Education Reform Act and to a decline in the position of the comprehensive schools. In all this, the significance of Simon’s family, and especially his relationship with his wife Joan is to the fore. Joan and Brian forged a formidable 60-year partnership, in politics and the Communist Party as well as in life, that lasted until Brian’s death in January 2002. Praise for Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education 'a very interesting book for historians of education and the best overall work about the thought and work of Brian Simon.' Historia y Memoria de la Educación 2024-07-05T04:09:40Z 2024-07-05T04:09:40Z 2024-07-04T08:44:59Z 2023 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91224 9781787359833 9781787359826 9781787359840 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/139456 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/91224/1/9781787359819.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781787359819 10.14324/111.9781787359819 29b9f0a3-1b0d-4bdd-99d7-b4d3432d7fcc 9781787359833 9781787359826 9781787359840 206 London open access |
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