Which amongst the following is NOT a Marxist theorist of Sociology of Education?

Correct option is A

Emile Durkheim is not a Marxist theorist but a functionalist sociologist. While he studied the role of education in society, his views emphasized the socialization function of education, rather than critiquing class structures, which is central to Marxist theory. Althusser, Gramsci, and Bowles and Gintis are Marxist theorists who examined education’s role in perpetuating class inequality.
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· (b) Althusser: Argued that education is an ideological state apparatus that perpetuates class divisions.
· (c) Gramsci: Focused on the role of hegemony and how education reinforces the dominance of ruling classes.
· (d) Bowles and Gintis: Known for their work on the correspondence theory, which links education with maintaining capitalist labor structures.