The Democratic Paideia project: Beginnings of an emancipatory Paideia for today
Titel:
The Democratic Paideia project: Beginnings of an emancipatory Paideia for today
Auteur:
David Gabbard Karen Anijar Appleton
Verschenen in:
International journal of inclusive democracy
Paginering:
Jaargang 2 (2005) nr. 1 pagina's 4
Jaar:
2005
Inhoud:
"In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightly discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the fundamental claim of Marxist theory: There must be countervailing forces that defend people's needs against the brutality of profit-driven capitalism. Unfortunately, Marxists have not envisioned how those countervailing forces could be democratic ones."Cornel West, The Cornel West Reader As members of the Marxian Analysis of Schools, Society, and Education Special Interest Group (MASSES) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), we recognize the powerful yet discomforting truth in Dr. West’s remarks. We have, indeed, failed to envision democratic countervailing forces to defend people’s needs and advance their interests against the contemporary forces of neoliberalism and neoconservatism. In fact, as Gabbard has argued elsewhere, we frequently berate ourselves for this failure but never move to rectify it. Over and over again, we listen to each other call for a “language of possibility,” yet none of us seems brave enough to put one forward. The Inclusive Democracy Project, as outlined by Fotopoulos in Towards an Inclusive Democracy and discussed extensively by scholars and activists associated with Democracy & Nature and The International Journal for Inclusive Democracy, might provide us with that language.
Uitgever:
The International Network for Inclusive Democracy (provided by DOAJ)
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