Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Antonio Gramsci and Adult Education 3. Paulo Freire and Adult Education 4. A Comparative Analysis of Gramsci and Freire with Respect to Adult Education 5. Some of the Limitations in Gramsci and Freire for a Contemporary Project 6. A Gramscian Freirian Synthesis and Beyond 7. Conclusion

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This book focuses on two of the most cited figures in the debate on radical education -- Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Freire - examining the extent to which their combined insights can provide the foundation for a theory for our own times of transformative adult education.

About the Author

Peter Mayo lectures in the Department of Foundations in Education, University of Malta.

Reviews

A fascinating book with originality, depth and rigour - a must read.
*Carlos Alberto Torres, University of California, Los Angeles*

Anyone interested in progressive social change will gain new insights from this book.
*David W. Livingstone, OISE, University of Toronto*

There is something valuable on every page. Gramsci and Freire make the road by walking and Mayo in his own right reveals the road ahead.
*Ira Shor, College of Staten Island, New York*

The needs and aspirations of society are nowadays defined in purely economistic terms; education has been reduced to training and the acquisition of marketable skills. To combat this tendency, Peter Mayo engages in a critical reflection on the alternative visions of Gramsci and Freire.
*Joseph A Buttigieg, University of Notre Dame*

The notion of a synthesis between Gramsci and Freire in relation to adult education is a complex one and Peter Mayo steers a coherent and insightful route through it.
*Sallie Westwood, University of Leicester*