Ian Menter provides a brilliant account of Raymond Williams' life and theoretical and creative contributions to the social sciences and humanities. Drawing on Williams, he also elucidates the structure of feeling in contemporary education and resources of hope for rethinking education towards achieving more democratic and socially just societies.

Bob Lingard, Professorial Fellow, Australian Catholic University and Emeritus Professor of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia.

We know almost nothing about Raymond Williams' influence on and in education. This wonderful book remedies that omission. This is a rigorous, sympathetic and insightful account of Williams' contribution to educational thinking. It draws not only on his well-known academic works but also his novels, essays and other writing. Menter has done a great service to the education community.

Stephen J Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London, UK

Part biography, part affectionate critique, Ian Menter's masterful treatment of Williams' work is a timely reminder of the responsibility of intellectuals to engage the wider world. This volume situates education - writ large - within the broader story of social change, and points to the work still to be done.

Christopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, Indiana University, USA

Menter does the legacy of Raymond Williams a great service … This is a book worth reading in its entirety … [and] provides a forceful reminder that this legacy offers alternative ways to thinking about education that have relevance today.

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