International Gramsci Society Newsletter

Fabio Frosini: "Riforma e Rinascimento: il problema della "unità ideologica tra il basso e l'alto"Giano Accame: "Gramsci e Gentile secondo A. Del Noce"Dario Ragazzini: "Uomo individuo e uomo massa"Peter Mayo. Gramsci, Freire, and Adult Education. London: Zed Books, 1999.This book is excellent example of the valuable and interesting interpretations and uses of Gramscithat are being produced by scholars and theorists working in the field of education. Peter Mayosuccinctly describes his approach to Freire and Gramsci in the introductory chapter: "Both areengaged in projects which, though different, were conceived of and carried out within the context ofan unmistakably left-wing politics of social transformation and, therefore, an ongoing struggleagainst systemic, structural, and symbolic forms of oppression. Both regarded forms of adulteducation as having an important role to play in such a struggle. . . .There is a clear convergencebetween, and an element of complementarity about, their thought, which I seek to demonstrate inthis work."CONTENTS:I. IntroductionAntonio Gramsci—Paolo Freire—Existing Literature on Gramsci and Freire in Adult Education—Transformative Adult Education2. Antonio Gramsci and Adult EducationThe Contested terrain: Hegemony and Education—Agency—Democratic Education—Agents of Change—Sitesof Practice, Social Relations and Content—Conclusion3. Paolo Freire and Adult EducationPolitical Pedagogy—Agency: Liberation Theology and Marxism—Democratic Education—Agents of Change—Sites of Practice and Content—Conclusion4. Gramsci and Freire: A Comparative AnalysisBiographical and Contextual Comparison—Parallels—Differences—Conclusion: Towards a Synthesis5. Some of the Limitations in Gramsci and Freire for a Contemporary ProjectGramsci: Class and Other Forms of Social Difference—Freire and Social Difference—War of Position:Contestation and Cooptation—Information Technology—Conclusion6. A Gramscian-Freirean Synthesis and BeyondCommitment—Agency—Social Movements—Adult Educators—Cultural Production—History—Conclusion7. Conclusion: When Might it Work? Transformative Adult Education in ContextSocial Transformation: Limits and Possibilities—Pre-Revolutionary Context—Cultural Revolution—SomeConcluding RemarksBibliography— 37 —