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008 971209t19981998njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97051628
020 $a1569020671 (hardcover)
020 $a156902068X (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)38079351
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm38079351
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035 $a(NNC)2146307
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aLA1521$b.G68 1998
082 00 $a370/.9635$221
100 1 $aGottesman, Leslie.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85274325
245 10 $aTo fight and learn :$bthe praxis and promise of literacy in Eritrea's independence war /$cLes Gottesman.
260 $aLawrenceville, NJ :$bRed Sea Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axiii, 280 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gI.$tWar and Beyond --$gII.$tHistory of Eritrea --$gIII.$tEducation, Precolonial to Postliberation --$gIV.$tEducation and Development: Two models --$gV.$tHermeneutic and Critical Problems --$gVI.$tLegitimation of Literacy --$tConclusion: Return to the Source.
520 $aWhat was the promise of education that drew thousands of rural Eritreans to literacy classes in the midst of drought, famine, and war? This new book examines the remarkable testimony of Eritrea's fighter-teachers, the teenagers who spent years behind enemy lines teaching peasants and nomads to read and write during Eritrea's independence struggle. Using philosophical hermeneutics - the study of human understanding - as an analytical framework, Dr.
520 8 $aGottesman shows how the teachers became students of their students, learning the language and customs of rural people to create a "fusion of horizons." In this educational process, traditional Eritrean values and the progressive vision of the revolutionary movement found a locus for dialogue, exchange, and for change itself.
650 0 $aEducation$zEritrea$xHistory.
650 0 $aEducation$xSocial aspects$zEritrea.
650 0 $aEducation$xPolitical aspects$zEritrea.
651 0 $aEritrea$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044647
650 0 $aLiteracy$zEritrea.
650 0 $aCritical theory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002456
852 00 $boff,leh$hLA1521$i.G68 1998