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Reconnecting Intellect and Feeling

Marx, Gramsci, Williams and the Educator’s Role

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Learnning and Educationfor a Bettter World

Part of the book series: International Issues in adult Education ((ADUL,volume 10))

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Remarkable events are often those that go by unremarked. One of these is the lack of public debate about the democratic impact of the economic crisis of 2011–12. In Greece, a new government was formed without a popular mandate led by a socalled ‘technocratic’ leader (in reality a former European banker) vouching an austerity programme to appease the markets; a similar process happened shortly afterwards in Italy, although the reputation of its feckless and self-serving leader Berlusconi resulted in few regrets at his removal.

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  1. The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Jim Crowther

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  1. University of Victoria, Canada

    Budd L. Hall

  2. University of Victoria, Canada

    Darlene E. Clover

  3. The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Jim Crowther

  4. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Eurig Scandrett

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Crowther, J., Lucio-Villegas, E. (2012). Reconnecting Intellect and Feeling. In: Hall, B.L., Clover, D.E., Crowther, J., Scandrett, E. (eds) Learnning and Educationfor a Bettter World. International Issues in adult Education, vol 10. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-979-4_4

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