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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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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
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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