02895nam 2200529K 450 991055755770332120200826032611.00-262-35847-60-262-35848-4(CKB)4100000011346685(MiAaPQ)EBC6262754(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78583(OCoLC)1187209477(OCoLC-P)1187209477(MaCbMITP)12093(PPN)259915955(EXLCZ)99410000001134668520200821d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIf schools didn't exist a study in the sociology of schools /Nils Christie ; translated and edited by Lucas Cone and Joachim Wiewiura ; foreword by Judith SuissaCambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[2020]1 online resource (142 pages)The MIT Press"First published in 1971"-- Title page.0-262-53889-X Includes bibliographical references and index."Outside of Norway, where this little book is regarded as a classic, Christie is primarily known for his work on crime, prisons and social deviance. His arguments here are similarly critical of mainstream sociological theory and political discourse. Christie knew and admired Ivan Illich whose book Deschooling Society retains a prominent place in the educational literature. But as Judith Suissa points out in her essay, Christie is not arguing against the existence of schools, but rather that we need to think carefully about why they exist, what purpose they serve, and who should have a voice in how they are constituted and run. The view of schools presented in Christie's short text has more in common with the American pragmatist John Dewey, who saw schools as "a genuine form of active community life, instead of a place set apart in which to learn lessons." While Christie's work remains an artifact of its place and time, his vision of a school as a expression of direct and local democratic will should interest students and scholars of de-schooling, unschooling, Dewian and progressive educational theory, and critical pedagogy"--Provided by publisher.Educational sociologyNorwayEducationNorwayEDUCATION/GeneralSOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Political & Social TheoryEducational sociologyEducation306.4309481Christie Nils1928-2015,537881Cone LucasWiewiura JoachimOCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910557557703321If schools didn't exist2828005UNINA