Gramsci and Educational Thought

Peter Mayo is Professor of Adult Education and Sociology of Education and Head, Department of Education Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Malta. He is the author of several books, including Gramsci, Freire and Adult Education (1999) and Liberating Praxis: Paulo Freire’s Legacy for Radical Education and Politics, which won a 2005 AESA Critics Choice Award.

• Notes on Contributors viiForewordMichael A. Peters ixIntroduction: Antonio Gramsci and Educational Thought 1Peter Mayo1 A Brief Commentary on the Hegelian-Marxist Origins of Gramsci’s ‘Philosophy of Praxis’ 5Deb J. Hill2 Antonio Gramsci and his Relevance to the Education of Adults 21Peter Mayo3 The Revolutionary Party in Gramsci’s Pre-Prison Educational and Political Theory and Practice 38John D. Holst4 Introducing Giovanni Gentile, the ‘Philosopher of Fascism’ 57Thomas Clayton5 Global English, Hegemony and Education: Lessons from Gramsci 78Peter Ives6 Antonio Gramsci and Feminism: The elusive nature of power 100Margaret Ledwith7 Towards a Political Theory of Social Work and Education (Translated by Florian Sichling with Editing by Peter Mayo) 114Uwe Hirschfeld8 Gramscian Thought and Brazilian Education 127Rosemary Dore SoaresIndex 146

"Overall, and despite its somewhat modest length (of just over 150 pages), Gramsci and Educational Thought is a commendable and scholarly collection." (Philosophy in Review, 1 December 2011)