Antonio Gramsci: The Man, His Ideas
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - card covers in good condition with minor tanning. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Possibly signed by the author. Binding: Staple-bound booklet, binding intact.
A landmark work in the introduction of Gramscian thought to Australian political discourse, this essay presents the life and intellectual legacy of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist theorist and founding member of the Communist Party of Italy. Davidson chronicles Gramsci's remarkable journey from his origins in Sardinia to his imprisonment under Mussolini's fascist regime, during which he produced his most enduring writings, the celebrated Prison Notebooks. The work argues for Gramsci's central place in twentieth-century political philosophy, unpacking his influential concepts of cultural hegemony, the role of intellectuals, and the nature of civil society. Written with clarity and political conviction, it remains an essential primer for anyone seeking to understand one of the most original and consequential thinkers of the modern left.
Author: Alastair Davidson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1968, Australian Left Review Publication
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - card covers in good condition with minor tanning. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Possibly signed by the author. Binding: Staple-bound booklet, binding intact.
A landmark work in the introduction of Gramscian thought to Australian political discourse, this essay presents the life and intellectual legacy of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist theorist and founding member of the Communist Party of Italy. Davidson chronicles Gramsci's remarkable journey from his origins in Sardinia to his imprisonment under Mussolini's fascist regime, during which he produced his most enduring writings, the celebrated Prison Notebooks. The work argues for Gramsci's central place in twentieth-century political philosophy, unpacking his influential concepts of cultural hegemony, the role of intellectuals, and the nature of civil society. Written with clarity and political conviction, it remains an essential primer for anyone seeking to understand one of the most original and consequential thinkers of the modern left.