This is a concise introduction to the life and work of the Italian militant and political thinker, Antonio Gramsci. As head of the Italian Communist Party in the 1920s, Gramsci was arrested and ...condemned to 20 years' imprisonment by Mussolini's fascist regime. It was during this imprisonment that Gramsci wrote his famous Prison Notebooks – over 2, 000 pages of profound and influential reflections on history, culture, politics, philosophy and revolution. An Introduction to Antonio Gramsci retraces the trajectory of Gramsci's life, before examining his conceptions of culture, politics and philosophy. Gramsci's writings are then interpreted through the lens of his most famous concept, that of 'hegemony'; Gramsci's thought is then extended and applied to 'think through' contemporary problems to illustrate his distinctive historical methodology. The book concludes with a valuable examination of Gramsci's legacy today and useful tips for further reading. George Hoare and Nathan Sperber make Gramsci accessible for students of history, politics and philosophy keen to understand this seminal figure in 20th-century intellectual history.
In Gramsci and Languages Alessandro Carlucci explores the origins and significance of Antonio Gramsci's interest in language, showing in particular how his experience of linguistic and cultural ...diversity contributed to the shaping of his intellectual and political profile.
In Gramsci's Political Thought, Carlos Nelson Coutinho offers an analysis of the evolution of the political thought of Antonio Gramsci. Focusing on central concepts of the Prison Notebooks and ...relating them to the history of modern political ideas, the book also demonstrates that Gramsci's ideas continue to be relevant resources for understanding the controversies of our present time.
This paper discusses the war in Ukraine and its consequences, particularly the effects of the financial sanctions imposed by the United States, and its allies, on Russia. The conflict is examined in ...the context of a deeper structural change in the international order, with China and Russia as key players. We deploy a dialectical perspective, using Gramsci as a starting point to posit that simple quantitative changes can cause long-term qualitative differences in power relations. While the United States' economic hegemony is unlikely to cease soon, the war in Ukraine and it's economic repercussions could lead to unexpected results and transformations in the United States' geopolitical position. We discuss how sanctions can be a double-edged sword, affecting all actors involved, and how actions that seek to restore order may accelerate processes of structural change in international power dynamics. The paper provides examples of how the responses to the conflict are affecting various other dynamics of world order by rearranging national interests, national security, and the political economies in Europe, China, and the Global South. We conclude that the "ruses of nature" manifest as contradictions in human actions and that the relationships between significant human actions and social forces can show how social impulses may accomplish the opposite of their original intent. Keywords: Sanctions; Russia; us hegemony; Gramsci; ruses of nature. Este artículo analiza la guerra en Ucrania y sus consecuencias, en particular las sanciones financieras impuestas a Rusia por Estados Unidos y sus aliados. El conflicto se entiende como parte de un cambio estructural más profundo del orden internacional, con China y Rusia como actores clave. Para analizar el proceso histórico en curso, es necesario desplegar una perspectiva dialéctica, partiendo de Gramsci para comprender que simples cambios cuantitativos pueden conducir a diferencias cualitativas en el largo plazo. Aunque es poco probable que la hegemonía estadounidense en el ámbito financiero desaparezca pronto, la guerra en Ucrania y sus repercusiones económicas podrían generar resultados y transformaciones inesperados. Los autores también discuten cómo las sanciones pueden ser un arma de doble filo y cómo las acciones que buscan restaurar el orden pueden acelerar los procesos de cambios estructurales. Brindan ejemplos de cómo las respuestas al conflicto están afectando otras dinámicas dentro del orden mundial, reorganizando los intereses nacionales, la seguridad nacional y las economías políticas en Europa, China y el Sur Global. Los autores concluyen que las "astucias de la naturaleza" se manifiestan como contradicciones inherentes a la acción humana, y que comprender las relaciones entre las medidas de los actores y las fuerzas sociales puede proporcionar una idea de cómo un impulso social puede lograr lo contrario. Palabras clave: sanciones; Rusia; hegemonía estadunidense; Gramsci; astucias de la naturaleza. Este artigo analisa a guerra na Ucrânia e as suas consequências, em particular as sanções financeiras impostas pelos EUA e seus aliados à Rússia. O conflito é entendido como parte de uma mudança estrutural mais profunda na ordem internacional, com a China e a Rússia como atores-chave. Para analisar adequadamente o processo histórico em curso, é necessário lançar mão de uma perspectiva dialética, partindo de Gramsci para compreender que simples mudanças quantitativas podem levar a diferenças qualitativas no longo prazo. Embora seja improvável que a hegemonia americana na esfera financeira desapareça tão cedo, a guerra na Ucrânia e as suas repercussões econômicas podem levar a resultados e transformações inesperados. Os autores também discutem como as sanções podem ser uma faca de dois gumes, afetando todos os atores envolvidos, e como as ações que procuram restaurar a ordem podem acelerar processos de mudanças estruturais. Fornecem exemplos de como as respostas aos conflitos estão afetando outras dinâmicas dentro da ordem mundial, remodelando os interesses nacionais, a segurança nacional e as economias políticas na Europa, na China e no Sul Global. Os autores concluem que a "astúcia da natureza" se manifesta como contradições inerentes à ação humana, e que a compreensão das relações entre as medidas dos atores e as forças sociais pode fornecer informações sobre como um impulso social pode alcançar o oposto. Palavras-chave: sanções; Rússia; hegemonia americana; Gramsci; astúcia da natureza.
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En el presente texto se retoman las reflexiones de un joven Antonio Gramsci en torno a la revolucion sovietica y otras experiencias consejistas entre 1917 y 1920, al calor de las grandes jornadas de ...protagonismos populares de la inmediata posguerra. En las mismas, se destaca la aguda mirada en torno a distintas problematicas, principalmente en relacion a las relaciones de la revolucion con las temporalidades historicas y los sujetos de la emancipacion. Elaboraciones que constituyen elementos indispensables para el pensamiento critico -de entreguerras, pero tambien del actual- y en las que empiezan a delinearse algunos de los conceptos centrales que el politico e intelectual italiano desarrollara finalmente en prision.
A milestone in the contemporary Brazilian reception of Gramsci, focusing on the unity of politics, philosophy and history in Gramsci's Quaderni del carcere.
Since it's first publications in the second post war Italy, the works of the italian politic and intellectual Antonio Gramsci has raised intense discussions. This occurs, beyond the fragmented ...character of his works, due to a political dimension implied in the edition and reception process. Therefore, the presente article aims to comprehend Gramsci's reception in Latin America between 1960 and 1990 as from the intellectual interventions of the argentinian Jose Maria Arico and the brasilian Carlos Nelson Coutinho. Onwards the authors' analysis we intend to demonstrate how Gramsci's thought was mobilized and recriated as from political intencionalities.
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Since it's first publications in the second post war Italy, the works of the italian politic and intellectual Antonio Gramsci has raised intense discussions. This occurs, beyond the fragmented ...character of his works, due to a political dimension implied in the edition and reception process. Therefore, the presente article aims to comprehend Gramsci's reception in Latin America between 1960 and 1990 as from the intellectual interventions of the argentinian Jose Maria Arico and the brasilian Carlos Nelson Coutinho. Onwards the authors' analysis we intend to demonstrate how Gramsci's thought was mobilized and recriated as from political intencionalities. Keywords: Gramsci; Argentina; Brazil. Desde suas primeiras publicacoes na Italia do segundo pos-guerra, as obras do intelectual e politico italiano Antonio Gramsci suscitaram intensas discussoes. Isso ocorre, para alem do carater fragmentado de seus trabalhos, em virtude da dimensao politica caracteristica de seu processo de edicao e recepcao. Diante disso, o presente artigo objetiva compreender a recepcao de Gramsci na America Latina entre os anos 1960 e 1990 a partir das intervencoes intelectuais do argentino Jose Maria Arico e do brasileiro Carlos Nelson Coutinho. A partir da analise dos autores pretendemos demonstrar como o pensamento de Gramsci e mobilizado e recriado a partir de determinadas intencionalidades politicas. Palavras-chave: Gramsci; Argentina; Brasil.
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Subaltern Social Groups Gramsci, Antonio; Buttigieg, Joseph A; Green, Marcus E
08/2021
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Antonio Gramsci is widely celebrated as the most original political
thinker in Western Marxism. Among the most central aspects of his
enduring intellectual legacy is the concept of subalternity.
...Developed in the work of scholars such as Gayatri Spivak and
Ranajit Guha, subalternity has been extraordinarily influential
across fields of inquiry stretching from cultural studies, literary
theory, and postcolonial criticism to anthropology, sociology,
criminology, and disability studies. Almost every author whose work
touches upon subalterns alludes to Gramsci's formulation of the
concept. Yet Gramsci's original writings on the topic have not yet
appeared in full in English. Among his prison notebooks, Gramsci
devoted a single notebook to the theme of subaltern social groups.
Notebook 25, which he entitled "On the Margins of History (History
of Subaltern Social Groups)," contains a series of observations on
subaltern groups from ancient Rome and medieval communes to the
period after the Italian Risorgimento, in addition to discussions
of the state, intellectuals, the methodological criteria of
historical analysis, and reflections on utopias and philosophical
novels. This volume presents the first complete translation of
Gramsci's notes on the topic. In addition to a comprehensive
translation of Notebook 25 along with Gramsci's first draft and
related notes on subaltern groups, it includes a critical apparatus
that clarifies Gramsci's history, culture, and sources and
contextualizes these ideas against his earlier writings and
letters. Subaltern Social Groups is an indispensable
account of the development of one of the crucial concepts in
twentieth-century thought.
