Education and Modernity: Some Sociological Perspectives

An introductory reading useful for educators, teachers and students of education and sociology and also for general readers interested in sociology of education. The book outlines three broad areas, viz. (i) the emergence of complex societies, (ii) capitalism and commodified exchange, and (iii) growing rationalization and bureaucratization of society. It explores the impact of these three changes on education. While outlining the challenges these have posed for education, the book does not attempts to push any ideologically driven stance. Instead it tries to indicate some of the different kinds of solutions which people have sought.