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Gramsci: Pre-Prison Writings

Antonio Gramsci author Virginia Cox translator Richard Bellamy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:20th Jan '94

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

A wide-ranging 1994 collection of Gramsci's pre-prison writings which reveals the genesis of much of his later innovatory work.This 1994 collection of Gramsci's pre-prison writings, translated and including a number of pieces not previously available in English, covers the whole gamut of his journalistic activity, ranging from general cultural criticism to commentaries on local, national and international events. These early articles reveal the genesis of many of the themes of the Prison Notebooks, such as the function of intellectuals, the importance of cultural hegemony in holding societies together, and the role of the party in organising a revolutionary consciousness. In particular, the collection highlights the specifically Italian political, cultural and social origins and relevance of much of Gramsci's innovatory reworking of certain central concepts of Marxist thought. It will be of interest to a broad range of scholars and students concerned with the history of political, social and cultural thought in the twentieth century.

'… a refreshing perspective … Richard Bellamy's selection is judicious, Virginia Cox's translation scrupulous and the notes informative'. The Times Literary Supplement

ISBN: 9780521423076

Dimensions: 215mm x 138mm x 22mm

Weight: 460g

408 pages