[2] His work draws from a wide range of theoretical traditions extending from Karl Marx to Paulo Freire; from Buddhism to modern Christianity; from Herbert Marcuse to Heinz Kohut.
He is an advocate of radical-non-violent social-activism vigorously opposing neoliberalism (which he terms as ‘neocapitalism’),[3] militarism, fundamentalism, and the post-modern attacks against the Welfare state, the youth and the poor.
At present he is a popular university and College Professor, and publishes important academic books on critical-pedagogy, comparative analysis of religion and ethics.
Lampert's analysis demonstrates how the ideological history of each of these traditions, teaches the distancing and restraining of compassion, to the point where it almost impossible to legitimize a compassionate action.
The critical analysis reveals the gap between the smug self-image of those engaged in education, and the harsh and violent face of the system, of which teachers are victims as much as students.