![]() But for fewer and fewer! Current developments in neoliberal capitalism that is to say austerity, is causing what Marx called immiseration. Is it easier to imagine the end of world than the end of capitalism? For many, that is so. We are engaged in permanent culture wars. And I think again Gramsci was very powerful in his writing about this. We learn in formal and non-formal educational sites, different arenas of life. Acts of physical solidarity, emotional solidarity, social solidarity are huge learning experiences. So, the contestation can take place in formal education and takes place in non-formal education as well.īut of course, we don’t just learn by words, we also learn by action, there’s a lot written about the involvement of the body and why “getting involved” for example with a thousand others or only five others in some forms of solidaristic action, where it involves kinetic action, bodily action – whether that be marching, singing, raising fists, raising flags, running away from the tear gas together. That can take place in formal educational settings, where teachers, teacher educators and university teachers can have an impact and it can take place in non-formal education settings, such as discussions in the pub, in the trade union, in the workplace – talking, walking along the corridor and contesting racist, sexist, homophobic and neoliberal comments. That ideological struggle can take place in many sites of course. As Ira Shor has called it, there are permanent culture wars, battles to transform the consciousness of the people. That’s the war of position where we fight for a counter-hegemonic ideology, understanding, consciousness. In class society, it always is, to a greater or lesser extent. The question you just posed about the hegemonic position of pro-capitalist ideology, the belief that “there is no alternative” (TINA) is always being contested. Is it our final deadlock in hopelessness?ĭave Hill: I would refer to Gramsci and the war of position and the war of manoeuvre. The other one would be the Thatcherite nonsense, that “there is no alternative”. One is often repeated by leftist scholars, that today it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. The discussion was recorded on 22 April, 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.Ī New Audacity: I think there is a certain political deadlock in the current historical bloc, which I would like to characterise with two pessimistic quotes. Both lectures were streamed on Facebook: Dave Hill on “Critical Education” and Leena Robertson on “Education and Rights of Linguistic Minorities in Europe” and we had the unique and honorific opportunity to make an interview with Dave and Leena. Leena Robertson gave a presentation on “Education and Rights of Linguistic Minorities in Europe” and we learned in-depth about her Erasmus+ funded project “ROM-tels” which involves People to People Foundation in Romania and four collaborating universities: Newcastle University, (UK), University of Montpellier (France), Helsinki University (Finland) and Middlesex University (UK). Dave Hill presented a Marxist critique of neoliberalism with a special focus to education policies and we discussed his proposal: a socialist manifesto for education. Leena Robertson (Middlesex University London) gave three lectures at the University of Lower Silesia. Between April 19-21, 2017 professor Dave Hill and dr.
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