<P>Antonio Gramsci is widely known today for his profound impact on social and political thought, critical theory and literary methodology. This volume brings together twelve eminent scholars from humanities and social sciences to demonstrate the importance and relevance of Gramsci to their respecti
The Politics, Culture and Social Theory of Gramsci: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)
✍ Scribed by Joseph Francese
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 221
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Antonio Gramsci is widely known today for his profound impact on social and political thought, critical theory and literary methodology. This volume brings together twelve eminent scholars from humanities and social sciences to demonstrate the importance and relevance of Gramsci to their respective fields of inquiry. They bring into focus a number of central issues raised in Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks and in such other writings as his Prison Letters including: hegemony, common sense, civil society, subaltern studies, cultural analysis, media and film studies, postcolonial studies, international relations, linguistics, cultural anthropology, and historiography. The book makes an important, and up-to-date, contribution to the many academic debates and disciplines which utilize Gramsci’s writings for theoretical support; the essays are highly representative of the most advanced contemporary work on Gramsci. Contributors include: Michael Denning – highly respected in the field of cultural studies; Stephen Gill – an eminent figure in international relations; Epifanio San Juan, Jr. – a major writer in post-colonial theory; Joseph Buttigieg —translator of Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks — ; Stanley Aronowitz, a distinguished sociologist, Marcia Landy — an important scholar of film studies; and Frank Rosengarten — editor of Gramsci’s Prison Letters. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political philosophy, economics, film and media studies, sociology, education, literature, post-colonial studies, anthropology, subaltern studies, cultural studies, linguistics and international relations.
✦ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Notes on the text......Page 15
Introduction: “Gramsci now”......Page 16
1 Gramsci’s concept of political organization......Page 22
2 Reading Gramsci now......Page 35
3 Sinking roots: Using Gramsci in contemporary Britain......Page 48
4 Gramsci and Labriola: Philology, philosophy of praxis......Page 65
5 “Once again on the organic capacities of the working class”: Antonio Gramsci as a theorist of labor......Page 84
6 Power and democracy: Gramsci and hegemony in America......Page 95
7 Pessimism of the intelligence, optimism of the will: Reflections on political agency in the age of “empire”......Page 112
8 Gramsci, in and on media......Page 125
9 Common sense in Gramsci......Page 137
10 The contemporary relevance of Gramsci’s views on Italy’s “Southern question”......Page 149
11 Rethinking Gramsci: Class, globalization, and historical bloc......Page 160
12 Antonio Gramsci’s theory of the “national-popular” and socialist revolution in the Philippines......Page 178
Works cited......Page 201
Index......Page 214
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