A Rebel's Guide to Gramsci

Author: Chris Bambery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905192151
Category : Communists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Gramsci was the intellectual driving force of early Italian Communism. Jailed by Mussolini and with collapsing health, he laboured to produce his famous prison notebooks under the eye of the censor. His ideas - particularly his concept of hegemony - are still highly influential today. Chris Bambery provides an accessible and lively introduction to the man, his world and his ideas.

Italian Rebels

Author: Raymond A. Belliotti
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1683933702
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Belliotti analyzes the role of positive duties in moral theory, the efficacy of theocratic republicanism, strategies for political revolutions, the implications of an enduring Sicilian ethos, and the profits and perils of the individual-community continuum, while distinctively interpreting the lives and ideologies of Mazzini, Gramsci, and Giuliano.

The Routledge Guidebook to Gramsci's Prison Notebooks

Author: John Schwarzmantel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317559223
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks are one of the most important and original sources of modern political philosophy but the Prison Notebooks present great difficulties to the reader. Not originally intended for publication, their fragmentary character and their often cryptic language can mystify readers, leading to misinterpretation of the text. The Routledge Guidebook to Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks provides readers with the historical background, textual analysis and other relevant information needed for a greater understanding and appreciation of this classic text. This guidebook: Explains the arguments presented by Gramsci in a clear and straightforward way, analysing the key concepts of the notebooks. Situates Gramsci’s ideas in the context of his own time, and in the history of political thought demonstrating the innovation and originality of the Prison Notebooks. Provides critique and analysis of Gramsci’s conceptualisation of politics and history (and culture in general), with reference to contemporary (i.e. present-day) examples where relevant. Examines the relevance of Gramsci in the modern world and discusses why his ideas have such resonance in academic discourse Featuring historical and political examples to illustrate Gramsci's arguments, along with suggestions for further reading, this is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to engage more fully with The Prison Notebooks

Antonio Gramsci

Author: Alistair Davidson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004326308
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Many large Italian cities have a main thoroughfare ‘via Gramsci’, showing that the Communist leader has become part of Italy’s ‘national patrimony’, while internationally, the interest in Gramsci’s writings is second to none. As a consequence of this fame, Gramsci’s heritage is claimed by rival groups: on the one hand by those who hope to establish his writings as ‘sacred texts’ for their own policies and on the other by those who stress any differences with Lenin in order to prove Gramsci a ‘rebel’. A great merit of this biography is that it lifts the study of Gramsci away from the sterile debate about whether he was or was not a Leninist; another achievement of the author has been to integrate the circumstances of Gramsci’s life – the childhood in Sardinia, the politics of the left in the 1920s, the years of exile and prison – with his developing political and philosophical ideas.

Gramsci and Marxist Theory (RLE: Gramsci)

Author: Chantal Mouffe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317744373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci’s thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci’s theoretical contribution to Marxism, focussing in particular on his advances in the study of the superstructures, and discussing his relation to Marx and Lenin and his influence in Eurocommunism. Different interpretations are put forward concerning the elucidation of Gramsci’s key concepts, namely: hegemony, integral state, war of position and passive revolution.

Routledge Library Editions: Gramsci

Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317744268
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1199

Book Description
In the years since the publication of the Prison Notebooks, the interest and importance of Antonio Gramsci’s contribution to Marxist thought and political analysis has become widely recognised. The concern to explore and identify the structures of the capitalist state is both the principal characteristic of Gramsci’s theoretical and political writings and also the inspiration for his writings on Italian history. This set re-issues four volumes by leading commentators on Gramsci's politics and philosophy which were originally published between 1979 and 1981.

Gramsci: Pre-Prison Writings

Author: Antonio Gramsci
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521423076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
A wide-ranging and important 1994 collection of Gramsci's pre-prison writings.

Prison Notebooks

Author: Antonio Gramsci
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231060831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654

Book Description
Based on the authoritative Italian edition of Gramsci's work, 'Quaderni del Carcere', this translation presents the intellectual as he ought to be read and understood.

To Live Is to Resist

Author: Jean-Yves Frétigné
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226829383
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
This in-depth biography of Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci casts new light on his life and writing, emphasizing his unflagging spirit, even in the many years he spent in prison. One of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century, Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) has left an indelible mark on philosophy and critical theory. His innovative work on history, society, power, and the state has influenced several generations of readers and political activists, and even shaped important developments in postcolonial thought. But Gramsci’s thinking is scattered across the thousands of notebook pages he wrote while he was imprisoned by Italy’s fascist government from 1926 until shortly before his death. To guide readers through Gramsci’s life and works, historian Jean-Yves Frétigné offers To Live Is to Resist, an accessible, compelling, and deeply researched portrait of an extraordinary figure. Throughout the book, Frétigné emphasizes Gramsci’s quiet heroism and his unwavering commitment to political practice and resistance. Most powerfully, he shows how Gramsci never surrendered, even in conditions that stripped him of all power—except, of course, the power to think.

Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci

Author: Antonio Gramsci
Publisher: New York : International Publishers, 1971 printing.
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 630

Book Description
An extensive anthology, including his most important writings while in prison on philosophy, history, Communist Party formation, the intellectuals, and other subjects.