Antonio Gramsci: Conservative Schooling for Radical Politics

Antonio Gramsci is one of the few Marxist theoreticians to have considered the role and nature of education, yet paradoxically his revolutionary, political and social theory seems at odds with his conservative approach to the content€and processes of schooling. This book, originally published in 1979,€examines his educational, political and cultural writings in an effort to resolve this apparent discrepancy. Gramsci's relevance lies in his treatment, in the context of his radical political theory, of themes which currently exercise modern radical educationists. Among the subjects he. Read more... Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyight02; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part one: The schooling of children; Part two: The education of adults; Part three: Theory and practice in education; Conclusion; Notes; A note on sources; Bibliography; Index