John D. Holst

Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9780897898119
• ISBN-10: 0897898117
• Artikelnr.: 22340367

Autorenporträt

JOHN D. HOLST is Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux Foreword by Peter McLaren Preface
Contextualizing the Contemporary Interest in Social Movements and Civil
Society in Radical Adult Education Theory and Practice The Sociology and
Politics of Social Movements Civil Society within the Marxist Tradition and
Beyond Adult Education, Social Movements and Civil Society Gramsci's
Concept of Civil Society Revisited: Implications for a Reconceptualization
of Radical Adult Education Theory and Practice References Index