GRAMSCI, ALTHUSSER AND BOURDIEU: IN DEBATE, THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the social function of the school from the point of view of Gramsci, Althusser and Bourdieu through a bibliographic review. The results showed that the thinkers bring a discussion about the social function of the school, however, they differ in their arguments and elements. For Antonio Gramsci, the social function of the school should be to equip the subjects for the creation of a new culture, with a view to social transformation. For Althusser, the bourgeois school is the main Ideological Apparatus of the State, inculcating the knowledge of the dominant ideology, thus ensuring its domination. And for Pierre Bourdieu, the school acts by reproducing the inequalities between classes with its false neutrality and disregarding cultural capital.