Selections from Gramsci's Prison Notebooks

Author: (Italian) Antonio Gramsci
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This collection of Cisco’s pre-prison writings, newly translated and including a number of pieces not previously available in English, covers the whole gamut of his journalistic activity, ranging from general cultural criticism to commentaries on local, national, and international events. These early articles reveal the genesis of many of the themes of the Prison Notebooks, such as the function of intellectuals, the importance of cultural hegemony in holding societies together, and the role of the party in organizing revolutionary consciousness. In particular, the collection highlights the specifically Italian political, cultural, and social origins and relevance of much of Grass’s innovative reworking of certain central concepts of Marxist thought. It will be of interest to a broad range of scholars and students concerned with the history of political, social, and cultural thought in the twentieth century.