Marxists take a critical view of the role of education. Capitalist society is essentially a two-class system, with a ruling class exploiting the working class. Marxist see education as being run in the interests if the ruling class. For example, Althusser argues that education is an important ideological state apparatus that helps to control people’s ideas and beliefs. He suggests education has to purposes. It reproduces class inequalities through the generations by ensuring that most working-class pupils experience education failure. Education also legitimates this inequality, persuading the working class to accept educational and social inequalities. Other Marxists have also pointed to the existence of a hidden curriculum in schools.…
The years somewhere around 1951 and 1960 were difficult times, both for South Africa and for the ANC. More youthful anti-apartheid activists, including Mandela, were going to the perspective that peaceful exhibits against apartheid did not work, since they permitted the South African government to react with violence against Africans. In spite of the fact that Mandela was prepared to attempt each technique to get rid of apartheid peacefully, he started to feel that peaceful resistance would not change conditions at…
To be in full control of a man, dictators must not only enslave his body, but also destroy his mind. A man’s mind and the knowledge that a man has is his most powerful weapon. By depleting the mind of knowledge, a man cannot be in control of his own self and therefore is more easily conquered. In Anthem by Ayn Rand, the leaders and society in her book seek to accomplish control by choosing the jobs for the people, keeping the word “I” unknown, and maintaining a sense of unity from birth.…
Ayn Rand's novel Anthem presents an anti-utopian society with a collectivist government. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand there are many themes. These themes include love, Desire, Freedom and individuality. Most of these themes can be shown by the characters in the book. The theme of individuality is shown by Equality 7-2621.Anthem is a novel about a man who overruled the government to gain knowledge of the outside world. My thesis statement is every individual should be their own person and have in control of themselves. One example of my thesis is when Equality 7-2621 left the city and decided what was best for him and his family.…
“We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.” (Roth, 2012) Victoria Roth describes the way people act in a society, individuals are different from one another, and therefore have different beliefs, ideas, and thoughts. When a ruler comes into power, he wants to make the whole community think as he does, but the real problem comes when he abuses of his power to take control. In this way totalitarian governments and rulers have arose, and have intended to influence in the society to achieve their goals. A totalitarian leader controls the behavior and actions of its people in order to become powerful. In the novels, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell, two futuristic dystopias are depicted. Both of them show totalitarian rule, where liberty has been deprived by different means of control. In Brave New World, the control of society is maintained through a peaceful way that consists in convincing people of loving their lack freedom. On the other side, in 1984, control is upheld by surveillance, the restriction of information, and torture. The absolute power of a totalitarian state leads to a total control of the society, causing it to be vapid, ignorant and oppressed.…
George Orwell 's 1984 is an exemplary work of dystopia. Although written in 1940s, 1984 is a vivid depiction of China during the Cultural Revolution and Soviet Union during the Elimination of Counterrevolutionaries. Dystopia came into being after the World War Ⅱ, when the world was at a loss about its future. Although the world was purged of fascism, personality cult and communist dictatorship arose to take its place.Dystopia is characterized by an authoritarian and totalitarian regime that oppresses individual freedom and development; scientific development and general education is cast aside; the whole society is embedded in constant warfare and violence, and scientific research is done only for military use and for controlling the masses ' mentality; the society is dominated by general poverty and egalitarianism. In 1984, the Party controls everything, and all party members are the tools utilized by the Party nourish its power and consolidate its sovereign. Knowledge of the outside world is blocked from the population in Oceania. Almost everything the party members do is under the surveillance of those omnipresent telescreens, and thus the party members have to learn to control every muscle on the face so as to avoid the suspicion of Thought Police, and they have to accept and advocate whatever policy the Party promulgates. In this sense, only the paroles have a little freedom to think and live the way they like, which is derived from their ignorance which embodies the Party 's slogan “Ignorance is strength".…
“Education in a democratic society should help students produce the knowledge, attitude and skill to help students become leaders of society as well as possess the attitudes knowledge and skill to help to make our nation a just place to live and work” (Banks 7/10/2006)…
There are laws covering almost all of our everyday activities. The government regulates and issues those laws. The government makes students go to school. Therefore, the students should understand the government, so they realize how important education is. By knowing the government the students will know what there rights are and how their rights were made.…
After signing up for this course, I was really surprised as to the true content discussed in our class meetings, and was rudely awakened at the true nature of our education system. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to question my entire time in the public education system, but I am better off for this. The purpose of the lower to middle class education, was never to mold the populations’ critical thinking abilities stronger, as to question the status quo. No, this education system was to continue the status quo, and continue the oppression by the corporate oppressors. We were simply designed to be a means of production, and we now are living products of a corrupt system.…
According to Nelson Mandela, education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Education is a backbone to develop social and economic development of a country. There are two main arguments about college tuition should be free or not. Some argue college education should be free because they believe the lack of money should not be the reason not to go to college. The other group claims college tuition should not be free because students should pay for the education they received it. Community college should be free for economic and social development.…
Government controlled by the people, for the people is the underlying idea and basis of a successful government. The ubiquitous need of the people to feel safe and protected in every aspect of their lives is what drives the power in society. When a government neglects this idea and takes control getting wrapped up in the power of their position in society’s hierarchy, chaos ensues and Big Brother has the ability to take control. Government control of society is an important subject due to the current state of the world today. From countries such as the United States to its polar opposite of North Korea government control of society plays an important factor in how people live their lives. The creation of new technology stirred George Orwell in nineteen forty-nine to write his epic novel of dystopian society and complete government control. Today, as new technologies such as iris scanners and street cameras are becoming more prevalent, the same issue arises as to how much control of society a government should have.…
It is commonly acknowledged that the educational system is dictated by those in power, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, the Education Secretary (Gov.uk, n.d) along with parliament, are responsible for making the decisions that will affect the nation’s schools, while the executives of the institution hold the power in how it is individually ran. This is seen by the Marxists as an example of capitalism and the influence the bourgeoisie has over society. In a reference to the communist manifesto, Waugh (2010) talks of the kind of measures workers might fight for to ‘rescue education from the influence of the bourgeoisie’. It is their belief that the educational system is designed to repress individuality and non-conformity and establish the mindset of the proletariat and their role in society.…
Being just is an indispensable part of leadership. It is a full-time duty where one is always a spectacle for others in his actions. There are two very contrasting examples of leaderships that could be compared in this context. The first one is Nelson Mandela who is known as the epitome of peace and courteousness whereas the second one is Saddam Husain who is known for his tyrant ways of leading people. The former is the inspirational figure for a lot of people in the world in terms of sympathy and love. On the other hand the latter is famous for treating people like animals and doing wrong things behind the veil of his leadership.…
Throughout Nelson Mandela's speech that was given at Rivonia Trial in 1965, he first started off talking about two main points/ hardships that involve Africans living in South Africa, which includes poverty and the lack of human dignity. He points out poverty by talking about how rich South Africa really is apart from the rest of the world, yet here the Africans are being treated poorly and how they aren’t even able to make enough to put food on the table or send their family somewhere. The problems with how poverty connects with disease and malnutrition and how that widely affects the people of Africa. Just because a disease does not kill someone does not mean that it is not affecting them. He states that even though some of these diseases…
The government proposed a law that was a response of the efforts being pushed by Nelson Mandela and others called the Public Safety Act of 1953. The law “empowered the government to declare stringent states of emergency and increased penalties for protesting against or supporting the repeal of a law” (Suzman). The penalties included imprisonment, fines, and whippings., Nelson Mandela, one of the most notable protestors of the apartheid was detained for several reasons when he was politically active during the apartheid. His Defiance Campaign was a non-violent campaign that publicly opposed apartheid legislation. Because of the passing of the law, 8,057 members of the campaign had been arrested (South African History Online). While those penalties…