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Max Weber's contribution to the sociology of education : a critical appreciation

By: Rao, S. Srinivasa.
Contributor(s): Singh, Smriti.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: p.73 - 92.Subject(s): Sociology of Education | TransformationDDC classification: 370.19 / Rao Online resources: Click here to access online In: Contemporary Education Dialogue, 15(1), January 2018Summary: Karl Emil Maximilian Weber (1864 - 1920), more widely known as Max Weber, is credited with numerous contributions to modern sociology and is considered one of the pillars of the discipline. His ideas on education highlight the relationship between power and education. They recognise the difference between education as a cultural value and education related to the pursuit of power, whether in the case of capitalist society or tradional Chinese society or in the context of German society. The ideas continue to be relevant in the case of Indian society in the 21st century too.
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Karl Emil Maximilian Weber (1864 - 1920), more widely known as Max Weber, is credited with numerous contributions to modern sociology and is considered one of the pillars of the discipline. His ideas on education highlight the relationship between power and education. They recognise the difference between education as a cultural value and education related to the pursuit of power, whether in the case of capitalist society or tradional Chinese society or in the context of German society. The ideas continue to be relevant in the case of Indian society in the 21st century too.

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