Quotes of karl marx on education

Karl Marx and education. What significance does Marx have for educators and animateurs today? An introduction and assessment by Barry Burke.

contents: introduction · life · Karl Marx as a thinker · Karl Marx and the class struggle · the communist manifesto · Karl Marx’s relevance to knowledge and education · further reading · links · how to cite this article

Pictire of Karl Marx from Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Wikimedia Commons – pd.

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Karl Marx never wrote anything directly on education – yet his influence on writers, academics, intellectuals and educators who came after him has been profound.

The power of his ideas has changed the way we look at the world.

Education should be free (no patents), and children should start work at 9 (for themselves).

Whether you accept his analysis of society or whether you oppose it, he cannot be ignored. As Karl Popper, a fierce opponent of Marxism, has claimed ‘all modern writers are indebted to Marx, even if they do not know it’.

Life

Karl Marx was born in Trier on May 5, 1818.

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