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Educational Leadership and Antonio Gramsci: The Organising of Ideas

Stevenson, Howard

Authors

HOWARD STEVENSON Howard.Stevenson@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies



Abstract

This insightful book explores the life and ideas of Italian Marxist theoretician Antonio Gramsci, and argues his work has considerable contemporary relevance when re-considering educational leadership in today’s age of crises.

Gramsci’s theory of hegemony has provided an invaluable intellectual resource for those seeking to bring about radical change in the complex context of contemporary capitalist societies. In particular, his focus on the role of organic intellectuals engaging in an ongoing ideological struggle across economic, political and civil society helps to locate his notion of hegemony as a theory of leadership that is deeply rooted in pedagogical processes. This volume focuses on transformatory change both in and through education, reframing traditional notions of educational leadership as educative leadership, in which leadership for change, within and beyond educational institutions, is understood in pedagogical terms.

This volume will be of pivotal interest to academics, researchers, and postgraduates in the fields of educational leadership, the sociology of education, and education policy and politics. Practitioners interested in educational leadership and social theory, and those active in social movements, may also find the book of use.

Citation

Stevenson, H. (2023). Educational Leadership and Antonio Gramsci: The Organising of Ideas. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102

Online Publication Date Sep 20, 2023
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Nov 27, 2023
Publisher Routledge
Book Title Educational Leadership and Antonio Gramsci: The Organising of Ideas
ISBN 9780429998904; 9781138585720
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/25394932
Publisher URL https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429505102/educational-leadership-antonio-gramsci-howard-stevenson
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