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Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education

Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education

Holst, John D.

Hardcover

Series: Critical Studies in Education and Culture

General EducationGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0897898117
ISBN13: 9780897898119
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Nov 30 2001
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

The idea that radical adult educators should build civil society through social movements is the dominant paradigm within the adult education left today. This work is the first book-length treatment on the subject of social movement and civil society theory within radical adult education.

The author covers the history and current status of social movement and civil society theory within radical adult education and the left generally. This historical survey reveals how the current dichotomy between radical pluralist and socialist perspectives that prevails within radical adult education is a result of debates over globalization, postmodernism, and the left's understanding of the demise of most socialist states. The book concludes with a reconceptualization of Gramsci's use of civil society and its implications for contemporary radical adult education theory and practice, arguing, unlike others, that Gramsci did not advocate building civil society but proletarian hegemony.

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