Introducing Giovanni Gentile, the 'Philosopher of Fascism

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ID5804040
AuthorsThomas Clayton (0000-0001-5930-3450, University of Kentucky, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume41
Issue6
Pages640-660
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00497.x
OpenAlexW1968638107
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

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. Keywords: Giovanni Gentile (biography, philosophy, political career)Riforma GentileEducational reform in Fascist ItalyGramsci

Epistemology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci

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