For several years Appleton has been documenting the ever-increasing reach of petty bureaucracy in the UK. She has focussed on[...]
Category: Book Reviews
State and Revolution. V. I. LeninState and Revolution. V. I. Lenin
0 Comments 11:00 pmThis revolutionary pamphlet was written by Lenin in August and September 1917, that is between the two revolutions in Russia. (The[...]
Review: Celebration of Awareness by Ivan IllichReview: Celebration of Awareness by Ivan Illich
0 Comments 6:02 pmThis book is a collection of illich’s papers and presentations on a range of themes. Quite a few concern the[...]
Review of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedReview of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0 Comments 7:03 pmFirst published in 1968 this is a world-famous work on pedagogy in the context of a struggle for liberation. The[...]
Review of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling SocietyReview of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling Society
0 Comments 7:02 pmIllich’s profound analysis of modern Western societies through the fulcrum of the ‘manipulative institution’ is as significant an analysis as[...]
A review of The Dangerous Rise in Therapeutic Education by Ecclestone and HayesA review of The Dangerous Rise in Therapeutic Education by Ecclestone and Hayes
0 Comments 6:58 pmThe book is about the trend in education, at all levels, from primary through secondary toFE and University towards a[...]