Glenn Rikowski

Dr. Glenn Rikowski: I am a Marxist educational theorist and thinker on the future of the human and social time.

 

I work at the University of Northampton, England, where I teach Education Studies.

 

 

My publications include:

The Battle in Seattle: Its Significance for Education (2001, Tufnell Press),

Red Chalk: On Schooling, Capitalism and Politics (2001, The Institute for Education Policy Studies) – written with Dave Hill, Mike Cole and Peter McLaren

Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory (with Dave Hill, Peter McLaren and Mike Cole) (2002, Lexington Books), and

Renewing Dialogues in Marxism and Education – Openings (edited with Anthony Green and Helen Raduntz) (2007, Palgrave Macmillan).

 

Information for Social Change
Glenn edited Information for Social Change Issue No.23, a Special Issue on ‘Education for Social Change’.
This is the general URL for the journal:
http://libr.org/ISC/  
This is the URL for Issue No.23: http://libr.org/isc/toc.html  

 

 

From 1994 to 2001, Glenn was a member of the Hillcole Group of Radical Left Educators.

 

 

With Tony Green (University of London, Institute of Education), I have run the Marxism and Education: Renewing Dialogues seminars, twice-yearly (May and October) since October 2002.

 

 

I have a web site, The Flow of Ideas, at: http://www.flowideas.co.uk

 

Wavering on Ether is a blog I have on MySpace: http://blog.myspace.com/glennrikowski

 

I am a Peterborough United supporter.

 

I live in London, and I am married to Ruth Rikowski, a Marxist library and information activist.

 

We have three boys: Alexander, Victor and Gregory.

 

You can Victor’s mythological PowerPoint story (in 6 parts), called The Ockress at: http://www.theockress.com

 

 

 

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

 

Examples of my Online Publications:

 

Rikowski, G. (2005) Distillation: Education in Karl Marx’s Social Universe, Lunchtime Seminar, School of Education, University of East London, Barking Campus, 14th February: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Distillation

 

Rikowski, G. (2006) Education and the Politics of Human Resistance, Information for Social Change, Issue No.23 (Summer): http://libr.org/isc/issues/ISC23/B3%20Glenn%20Rikowski.pdf

 

Rikowski, G. (2006) Caught in the Storm of Capital: Teacher Professionalism, Managerialism and Neoliberalism in Schools, a paper prepared for Education, Culture & Society (EDU3004) Students, School of Education, University of Northampton, 30th October: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Caught%20in%20the%20Storm%20of%20Capital

 

Rikowski, G. (2007) Critical Pedagogy and the Constitution of Capitalist Society, A paper prepared for the ‘Migrating University: From Goldsmiths to Gatwick’ Conference, Panel 2, ‘The Challenge of Critical Pedagogy’, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 14th September 2007, online at: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Critical%20Pedagogy%20and%20Capitalism

 

 

 

Rikowski, G. (2007) Marxist Educational Theory Unplugged, a paper prepared for the Fourth Historical Materialism Annual Conference, 9-11th November, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Marxist%20Educational%20Theory%20Unplugged

 

 

 

 

Rikowski, G. (2008) Against What We Are Worth, a paper prepared for the Post-Graduate Programme: Gender and New Educational and Employment Environment in the Information Age, ‘Summer Workshop on Gender’, at the University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, 4th July, at: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Against%20What%20We%20Are%20Worth

 

 

 

A full list (with links) of my Online Publications is at: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=pub&sub=Online%20Publications%20Glenn%20Rikowski