Abstract
The horizons of political imagination and practice in Latin America are expanding as witnessed by the election to power of governments to the Left such as Chávez in Venezuela, Morales in Bolivia, Correa in Ecuador and Ortega in Nicaragua and the emergence of a plethora of popular social movements that are contesting and creating alternatives to neoliberal capitalism. In the praxis of this reinvention of emancipatory popular politics the role of education and the pedagogical are central (see also Motta, 2014a, b, c). We are using “pedagogical” in its wide sense here to refer not just to teaching methods but also to an articulation of educational aims and processes in social, ethical and affective as well as cognitive terms.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Cole, M. and Motta, S. C. (2011), “Opinion: The Giant School’s Emancipatory Lessons,” Times Higher Education, January 14, 2011.
Dussel, E. (2008), Twenty Theses on Politics, Duke University Press.
Lorde, Audre (2000), The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. Tuscan: Kore Press.
Mignolo, W. D. (2002), “The Zapatistas’s Theoretical Revolution: Its Historical, Ethical, and Political Consequences,” Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 25(3): pp. 245–275.
— (2009), “Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom,” Theory, Culture & Society 26(7–8): pp. 1–23.
Motta, S. C. (2014a) “Epistemological Counter-Hegemonies from Below: Radical Educators in/and the MST and Solidarity Economy Movements,” in S. C. Motta and Mike Cole Constructing Twenty-first Century Socialism in Latin America: The Role of Radical Education, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan.
— (2014b) “Decolonisation in Praxis: Critical Educators, Student Movements and Feminist Pedagogies in Colombia,” in S. C. Motta and M. Cole Constructing Twenty-first Century Socialism in Latin America: The Role of Radical Education, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan.
— (2014c) “Constructing Twenty-First Century Socialism: The Role of Radical Education,” in S. C. Motta and M. Cole Constructing Twentyfirst Century Socialism in Latin America: The Role of Radical Education, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2013 Sara C. Motta and Mike Cole
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Motta, S.C. (2013). Introduction: Exploring the Role of Education and the Pedagogical in Pathways to Twenty-First-Century Socialism in Latin America. In: Motta, S.C., Cole, M. (eds) Education and Social Change in Latin America. Marxism and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137366634_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137366634_1
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-47933-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-36663-4
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education CollectionEducation (R0)