Hegemonia e educação: proposta gramsciana de superação da subalternidade

The article focuses on the conceptualizations of "subaltern" and "hegemony" in Gramsci's thought. The author argues that understanding the nature of the subaltern social groups is of fundamental importance for understanding the way in which economic relations and the State are constituted, and the way in which these relations contribute to consolidating a given hegemony, of which they are at the same time also a product. Subalternity and hegemony are key formulae in Gramsci's political theory, and are linked to his theory of translatability in that they translate the relations that constitute a State, at the same time as founding the necessity for a wide-ranging strategic plan for the task of transforming social relations. Pedagogical formation and political practice are, then, the languages in which the relations of force are constructed. From these nexuses there emerges the centrality of the formative dimension of the strategic construction of a struggle for power, in that hegemony and education are dialectically connected and express the theory and practice of the project as formulated by Gramsci for overcoming subalternity. The reflections that come together in this text have their origin in the seminars and discussions of the Ghilarza Summer School held at Ghilarza from 8 to 12 September 2014 on the subject of Hegemonic/subaltern.

Available online: International Gramsci Journal (Accessed December 12, 2016)