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Author:   Peter Mayo (University of Malta, Malta)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781444333947

ISBN 10:   1444333941
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   23 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii Foreword Michael A. Peters ix Introduction: Antonio Gramsci and Educational Thought 1 Peter Mayo 1 A Brief Commentary on the Hegelian-Marxist Origins of Gramsci’s ‘Philosophy of Praxis’ 5 Deb J. Hill 2 Antonio Gramsci and his Relevance to the Education of Adults 21 Peter Mayo 3 The Revolutionary Party in Gramsci’s Pre-Prison Educational and Political Theory and Practice 38 John D. Holst 4 Introducing Giovanni Gentile, the ‘Philosopher of Fascism’ 57 Thomas Clayton 5 Global English, Hegemony and Education: Lessons from Gramsci 78 Peter Ives 6 Antonio Gramsci and Feminism: The elusive nature of power 100 Margaret Ledwith 7 Towards a Political Theory of Social Work and Education (Translated by Florian Sichling with Editing by Peter Mayo) 114 Uwe Hirschfeld 8 Gramscian Thought and Brazilian Education 127 Rosemary Dore Soares Index 146

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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)

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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.

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