Antonio Gramsci: Current thinking against capitalism and fascism

This Monday, January 22, marks the 133rd 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