Gramsci 's Contribution to the Analysis of Public Education Knowledge

Abstract

It is generally agreed that the work of Antonio Gramsci reveals an imaginative and intellectual power seldom attained in Western Marxism. For those interested in the role of education in building an alternative, anticapitalistic cultural formation, Gramsci's ideas arc of considerable value. Of particular interest is that Gramsci, as part of his revolutionary strategy, argued that the education of children of subordinate classes must be considered an essential element in any strategy aimed at building an oppositional culture. This paper explicates Gramsci's essential educational ideas.