Gramsci and Education

by Borg, Carmel; Buttigieg, Joseph A.; Mayo, Peter; Allman, Paula; Antelo, Estanislao; Apitzsch, Ursula; Aronowitz, Stanley; Baldacchino, John; Buttigieg, Joseph A.; Coben, Diana; Fischman, Gustavo; Fontana, Benedetto; Giroux, Henry A.; Kachur, Jerrold L.; L

• ISBN13: 9780742500334
• ISBN10: 0742500330
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational debates. The essays are written by scholars located in different parts of the world, a number of whom are well known internationally for their contributions to Gramscian scholarship and/or educational research. The collection deals with a broad range of topics, including schooling, adult education in general, popular education, workers' education, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, multicultural education, and the role of intellectuals in contemporary society.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Gramsci and Education: A Holistic Approach	1	(24)
Carmel Borg
Joseph A. Buttigieg
Peter Mayo
Hegemony and Rhetoric: Political Education in Gramsci	25	(16)
Benedetto Fontana
Rethinking Cultural Politics and Radical Pedagogy in the Work of Antonio Gramsci	41	(26)
Henry A. Giroux
Antonio Gramsci: The Message and the Images	67	(20)
Attilio Monasta
Gramsci and the Unitarian School: Paradoxes and Possibilities	87	(22)
Carmel Borg
Peter Mayo
Gramsci's Theory of Education: Schooling and Beyond	109	(12)
Stanley Aronowitz
Education, the Role of Intellectuals, and Democracy: A Gramscian Reflection	121	(12)
Joseph A. Buttigieg
On ``A Dog Chasing Its Tail'': Gramsci's Challenge to the Sociology of Knowledge	133	(14)
John Baldacchino
The Specter of Gramsci: Revolutionary Praxis and the Committed Intellectual	147	(32)
Peter McLaren
Gustavo Fischman
Silvia Serra
Estanislao Antelo
Gramsci and Popular Education in Latin America: From Revolution to Democratic Transition	179	(22)
Raymond A. Morrow
Carlos Alberto Torres
Antonio Gramsci's Contributions to Radical Adult Education	201	(18)
Paula Allman
Working-Class Learning, Cultural Transformation, and Democratic Political Education: Gramsci's Legacy	219	(22)
D. W. Livingstone
Antonio Gramsci and Raymond Williams: Workers, Intellectuals, and Adult Education	241	(22)
W. J. Morgan
Metaphors for an Educative Politics: ``Common Sense,'' ``Good Sense,'' and Educating Adults	263	(28)
Diana C. Coben
Gramsci and the Current Debate on Multicultural Education	291	(16)
Ursula Apitzsch
The Postmodern Prince: Gramsci and Anonymous Intellectual Practice	307	(24)
Jerrold L. Kachur
About the Contributors	331