ERIC Number: EJ1366144
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Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 11
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Marx's Inquiry and Presentation: The Pedagogical Constellations of the "Grundrisse" and "Capital"
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v54 n11 p1887-1897 2022
This paper reads Marx's distinction between the method of inquiry and presentation as distinct and Marxist pedagogical logics that take the form of learning and studying. After articulating the differences and their current conceptualizations in educational theory, I turn to different interpretations of the "Grundrisse" and "Capital." While I note the differences, I maintain these result from Marx's alternation between learning and studying, to the different weights Marx gives to both. Marx sought to understand, articulate, learn, and relay the precise logics of capital, of its contradictions, and of how the working class has and can seize on these contradictions to institute the revolutionary transition to communism. At the same time, he knew he couldn't do this because no one can fully delineate and learn about capitalism so long as it exists, as capital is by definition a dynamic social relation. I show how readings of both books are products and productive of Marx's own pedagogical constellation through their content and form of presentation. The argument is that this is a political and constellational pedagogy that's contingent and singular rather than resolvable and unifiable.
Descriptors: Social Systems, Social Theories, Political Attitudes, Educational Theories, Working Class, Social Change, Books, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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