Antonio Gramsci: A Pedagogy to Change the World

Foreword, Anne Showstack-Sassoon.- Preface, Nicola Pizzolato and John D. Holst.- Gramsci, Politics and Pedagogy: an Interpretative Framework, Nicola Pizzolato and John D. Holst.- Part 1 Understanding Gramsci and Education.- Gramsci, Hegemony and Educational Politics, Peter Mayo.- Culture, Education and Political Leadership in Gramsci's Thought, Riccardo Pagano.- The Pedagogy of Praxis and the Role of Education in the Prison Notebooks, Diego Fusaro.- Part 2 Using a Gramscian Framework for Research.- A Pedagogy for Power:  Antonio Gramsci and Luis Emilio Recabarren on the Educational role of Working-Class Organizations, María Alicia Vetter and John D. Holst.- Gramsci as Theory, Pedagogy and Strategy: Educational Lessons from the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, Rebecca Tarlau.- Language, Education and European Unification: Perceptions and Reality of Global English in Italy, Alessandro Carlucci.- Teachers as Salaried Intellectual Workers: Are They part of the "Pueblo"? AnArgentinean Perspective, Flora M. Hillert.- Part 3 Key Gramscian Concepts and Pedagogy.- Hegemony as Pedagogy: The Formation of a Collective Will and of Individual Personality According to Gramsci, Andrè Tosel.- A pedagogy of the Subalterns: Gramsci and the Groups "on the margins of history", Pietro Maltese.- Catharsis: Antonio Gramsci, Pedagogy and the Political Independence of the Working Class, John D. Holst and Stephen D. Brookfield.

"This book about Gramsci and education presents 11 chapters of intensive writing that argue for the continued relevance of the Sardinian intellectual. ... The themes attract specific research interests and include what those familiar with Gramsci would expect, among others ... . Interestingly, the most direct references to actual groups ... are from Latin America. ... The editors deserve praise for this initiative supporting a pedagogy to change the real world in a present that features the pessimism ... ." (Joseph Gravina, Convergence, Vol. 43 (2), 2022)
"This new text on Gramsci, from editors Nicola Pizzolato and John Holst, is an important intervention into international conversations on Gramsci's major contributions not only to social theory, but to educational theory specifically. ... In my opinion, this emphasis on the notion of praxis, including the lived conscious reality, is a neededstrength and important contribution of this text." (Sara Carpenter, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, cjsae, Vol. 33 (1), 2021)
"Antonio Gramsci: A pedagogy to change the world offers a critical review of recent developments around Gramsci's revolutionary pedagogy. ... I would highly recommend anyone with an interest in the revolutionary potential of education to get ahold of a copy of this book. There is still much work to be done with Gramsci and education. Hopefully, this book will reignite an interest in the work of Gramsci as a particularly useful theorist." (Anthony Friend, Power and Education, Vol. 12 (2), 2020)
"The book under review is a great critical contribution in this direction and offers its readers a variety of approaches to better understand Gramsci's work ... . the present volume is very successful in advancing our understanding of Gramsci's work and his vital contribution to educational theory as a system which is not confined to schooling and as an essential piece in the process of social change." (Zvi Bekerman, International Review of