[NLA] Meeting Adult Literacy Needs: Reality vs Rhetoric

[Catherine King]

Andrea:

Many people in  many sociological, psychological,
educational and philosophical camps have writings
on the relationship of freedom and governing socio-
political orders, including myself.  Amarta Sen is
a well known philosopher.  He has obviously had the
same insights, with different conceptual apparatus,
as people like W.E.B Dubois, Jack Mezirow, Paulo
Freire, and many many more who understand the
politics of unfreedom.

Sen might agree that it would be naive for teachers
to project our own well-meaning politics about adult
education and the wonders of democracy onto those
who are filled with the Enronion spirit.  To some who
feel the threat of political awareness, democratic and
civilizing political moves are often labelled "Marxist"
"Leftist," or even the old "Communist" when they are
in fact only aimed at the development of fair and just
democratic capitalism.

Regards,

Catherine King


Regards,

Catherine King

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> Catherine,
>
> This isn't a precise reply to your post, but your name popped up on the
> screen, so there you are.
>
> I have been using for my work "Development as Freedom," by Amartya Sen.
In
> front of me now is the chapter "Poverty as Capability Deprivation,"  ready
to
> go for tomorrow.  Perhaps you know his writing and thought.  In brief, he
> draws a line between freedom and I guess what you'd call unfreedom.  In
the
> unfreedom category is illiteracy and lack of health care, for 2 examples.
> He talks about the importance of democracy as a means and an end for human
> development.
>
> Andrea
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