The omnilateral life of Mario Alighiero Manacorda (1914-2013)

Abstract

This paper intends to reconstruct the long and multifaceted intellectual biography of Mario Alighiero Manacorda (1914-2013). The analysis will focus on the four phases of Manacorda’s educational research: the Marxism pedagogy (1960s-1970s), the history of education (1970s-1980s), the relationship between laicity and schooling (1980s-1990s) and the history of sport (2000s). The contribution also attempts to show how Manacorda interprets these four themes in the light of the cultural paradigm of Marxism and in particular through the works of Marx, Engels and Gramsci.