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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450727203321

Autore

Harber Clive

Titolo

Schooling as violence : how schools harm pupils and societies / / live Harber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-69386-8

1-134-28732-1

1-280-06397-1

0-203-48842-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Classificazione

80.10

Disciplina

371.7/82

Soggetti

School violence - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Is formal education always good for you? -- Authoritarian schooling -- Schooling and violence -- Control, surveillance, reproduction and perpetration : schools and inhuman capital theory -- Schooling as terrorism : physical punishment -- Schooling and learning to hate the "other" -- Schooling as sexual abuse -- Schooling can make you ill : stress, anxiety and examinations -- Learning to kill : schooling and militarisation -- Education for democracy and peace.

Sommario/riassunto

In this unique, thought-provoking book, Clive Harber argues that while schooling can play a positive role, violence towards children originating in the schools system itself is common, systematic and widespread and that schools play a significant