An Unfinished Political Reflection: Gramsci's Prison Notebooks

Author: Salvatore Mazzoni
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: The various concepts and perspectives elaborated by Gramsci while imprisoned constitute a systematic research program encompassing all major issues of the first half of the 20th century. In fact, Prison Notebooks provides a critical methodological framework for understanding and addressing the changes that occurred in the world between the two World Wars. This also explains why Prison Notebooks achieved extraordinary success. The essays included in this book offer insights into the discussions surrounding Prison Notebooks, providing a faithful interpretation of Gramsci's thought from the perspectives of paleography and chronology. This interpretation is based on the view that Gramsci's political thought was, in fact, an "incomplete" political thought.