Alpesh Maisuria Alpesh.Maisuria@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Learning and Teaching
Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand
Maisuria, Alpesh
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Abstract
The importance of education for social transformation is not exclusively something that is done in schools and universities. Taking education in its broadest formulation ? something that happens all of the time, in this article I posit the argument that educative strategies for class struggle need to be sensitive to cultural formation. I highlight the importance of Italian revolutionary Marxist Antonio Gramsci?s attention to culture and organic intellectualism as aspects of mounting and then sustaining class struggle and subsequent social change. I animate these ideas using example of Russell Brand whose work can be exemplified as contemporary organic intellectualism for class struggle. I conclude by suggesting that for critique of the neoliberal status quo to be effective for social transformation, it needs to be accompanied by visions of an alternative world as feasible.
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Maisuria, A. (2016). Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand. Knowledge Cultures, 4(6), 81--96
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 1, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 29, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Knowledge Cultures |
Print ISSN | 2327-5731 |
Electronic ISSN | 2327-5731 |
Publisher | Addleton Academic Publishers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 81--96 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4193600 |
Publisher URL | https://addletonacademicpublishers.com/knowledge-cultures |
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