Literacy and Emancipation - Conditions  of  the  Literacy  Process  in  Two  Cultural-Revolutionary Movements (16th Century Germany and 20th Century Benin) (Gemeinsam mit G. Elwert) Erschienen in:   The Journal of Social Studies - Special Issue on Rereading History - (Dhaka, Bangladesh), No. 62, Oct. 1993, S. 14-39 Inhalt 1.   Introduction 2.   Two cases of non-schooled adult literacy 3.   Conditions of the literacy movements in 16^th-century Germany and 20^th-century Benin 4.   Goals for literacy 5.   The educational methods 6.   The dissolution of the literacy movements 7.   Particularities of the "direct method" 8.  Differences between the literacy movement in 15th- and 16th century Germany and in the present day Benin; conclusions 9.   Notes Michael  Giesecke