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Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education

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This pioneering biography examines the life and career of Brian Simon (1915–2002), a prominent Marxist intellectual and historian of education in 20th-century Britain. Drawing on newly available archives, it explores his diverse roles—as student, soldier, schoolteacher, Communist Party activist, academic, and reformer—and closely analyzes how his Marxist convictions shaped his contributions to educational history and reform. Though his unwavering loyalty to the Communist Party in the 1950s curtailed his influence as a public intellectual, his advocacy for comprehensive education fostered more egalitarian reforms. However, he struggled to counter the conservative backlash ushered in by the 1988 Education Reform Act. The biography also highlights his enduring personal and political partnership with his wife, Joan, throughout their six-decade-long collaboration

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Call Number

370.92

Publisher

London : UCL Press., 2023

Collation

206 page

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-78735-983-3

Classification

370

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Media Type

other

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Subject(s)

education

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