The Marxist Education Knowledge is a vital resource in the modern world. Education is one of the single most important aspects. It allows people to move up in society and create greater opportunities for themselves. When analyzing society, a lens often used is that of class struggles or Marxism. In a world that is still clearly divided into upper and low sections, the ideas behind Marxism are still relevant today. Marxism in the modern era can clearly be seen when analyzing the educational world; education is used as an oppressive tool by the bourgeoisie. In the last thirty years or so, Latin America specifically has experienced a multitude of violent and oppressive governments. In the 1960s and 1970s many of the Latin American countries
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In accordance to Marx’s ideas in the Communist Manifesto, “The bourgeoisie itself, therefore, supplies the proletariat with its own elements of political and general education, in other words, it furnishes the proletariat with weapons for fighting the bourgeoisie.” (Marx 90) By educating the masses, the bourgeoisie are showing them the inequality being thrust upon them. They give the students the knowledge of concepts and systems such as communism and how they might work for other countries. As Karl Marx comments, the Bourgeoisie creates a system in which “National one-sidedness and narrow-mindedness become more and more impossible.” (Marx 84) The masses become harder and harder to control as they become more aware of the power they hold and other options available to them. This is illustrated in the student riots in London and Argentina in the past five years. The students are rebelling against the upper classes, which control the political and financial power, for establishing the current education system. They were striking for higher-level education to be made free for students as knowledge is deemed a basic human right by the United Nations. The riots resulted in the arrests and even deaths of many students. These kinds of altercations illustrate just how relevant the class struggle is today. The bourgeoisie cannot continue to oppress the awakening masses without some kinds of concessions being given. The very tools used to oppress the proletariats are what will give them the ability to take some power away from
In accordance to Marx’s ideas in the Communist Manifesto, “The bourgeoisie itself, therefore, supplies the proletariat with its own elements of political and general education, in other words, it furnishes the proletariat with weapons for fighting the bourgeoisie.” (Marx 90) By educating the masses, the bourgeoisie are showing them the inequality being thrust upon them. They give the students the knowledge of concepts and systems such as communism and how they might work for other countries. As Karl Marx comments, the Bourgeoisie creates a system in which “National one-sidedness and narrow-mindedness become more and more impossible.” (Marx 84) The masses become harder and harder to control as they become more aware of the power they hold and other options available to them. This is illustrated in the student riots in London and Argentina in the past five years. The students are rebelling against the upper classes, which control the political and financial power, for establishing the current education system. They were striking for higher-level education to be made free for students as knowledge is deemed a basic human right by the United Nations. The riots resulted in the arrests and even deaths of many students. These kinds of altercations illustrate just how relevant the class struggle is today. The bourgeoisie cannot continue to oppress the awakening masses without some kinds of concessions being given. The very tools used to oppress the proletariats are what will give them the ability to take some power away from