Communist Study

Derek R. Ford is assistant professor of education studies at DePauw University.

• ContentsForeword. Toward a Communist Philosophy of Education: Reflections on Method and Methodology (Tyson E. Lewis)AcknowledgementsIntroduction: A partisan theory of studyPart one: SubjectChapter 1: Subject formationChapter 2: Immaterial subjects (and the fetish thereof)Part two: StudyChapter 3: Studying whateverChapter 4: The secret struggleChapter 5: The terror of democracyChapter 6: FigurePart three: StruggleChapter 7: In praise of tanksChapter 8: PartyConclusion: Architectures of resistanceAfterword: It’s a Wednesday: To be a problem-with, to be a problem-for (Ailish Hopper)BibliographyIndexAbout the author

Ford’s Communist Studyis insightful, thought-provoking, and therapeutic while unsettling and challenging to critical conventions…. [T]he challenging nature of the book is not accidental but rather it is intentional. As Ford notes, ‘There is a resulting tension that runs through the book, a tension that I hope readers find both productive and troubling’ (p. 7). This book bridges the oft intellectual divide, bringing postmodernism into relation with Marxism and political economy, to structure the edifice of a communist pedagogy. In doing so, Ford establishes himself as a premier educational and political theorist.