Abstract
This essay aims to introduce Giovanni Gentile to scholars of Gramsci studies broadly and Gramsci-education studies more specifically. The largest part of the essay explores Gentile's academic life, his philosophical agenda, and his political career. Having established a basis for understanding the educational reform Gentile enacted as Mussolini's first Minister of Public Instruction, the essay then surveys the substantial contemporaneous and contemporary English-language material about it. The essay engages this literature only lightly and briefly in conclusion, for the primary purpose of illustrating the danger of eschewing it.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 640-660 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Educational Philosophy and Theory |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Educational reform in fascist italy
- Giovanni gentile (biography, philosophy, political career)
- Gramsci
- Riforma gentile
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- History and Philosophy of Science