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How should Marxists approach the analysis, critique, and transformation of social practices and institutions (including education) within capitalist societies today? What theoretical tools do we need for this task and what should be our starting point? It is these fundamental theoretical and methodological issues that are the subject of this chapter.
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Jones, P.E. (2011). Activity, Activity Theory, and the Marxian Legacy. In: Jones, P.E. (eds) Marxism and Education. Marxism and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119864_9
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