Antonio Gramsci: Current thinking against capitalism and fascism
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Published at: 22/01/2024 09:02 AM
This Monday,
January 22, marks the 131st anniversary of the birth of the writer, journalist and
philosopher Antonio Gramsci, who stood out for his work that enriched the ideas
of Carlos Marx, adapting them to the new reality of a society facing
imperialism and fascism.
Born
in Sardinia on January 22, 1891, Gramsci was one of the
founders of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), elected deputy
in the elections of April 6 and entered Rome protected from parliamentary immunity on May 12, 1924.
Imprisoned by
the fascist Benito Mussolini, he wrote 30 history and analysis notebooks
known as The Prison Notebooks (Quaderni del),
which include his account of Italian history and nationalism, as well as
ideas on Marxist theory, educational theory and criticism.
His intelligence and
depth of analysis of Marxism lead him to the elaboration of the concept
of hegemony and hegemonic block, as well as the study of the cultural
aspects of society (the so-called “superstructure”, in Carlos Marx's terminology
), as an element from which
political action could be carried out and as one of the ways of creating and reproducing hegemony.
Mazo News Team