Description
Book SynopsisIn A Companion to Antonio Gramsci some of the most important Italian scholars of Antonio Gramsci's thought combine their efforts to present an insightful and original intellectual portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential Marxist thinkers. Thematically organized into five parts, the volume focuses on the Sardinian's most important contributions. The first section offers readers a biographical sketch of Gramsci's life and work, the second presents his theories of history, the third and fourth examine his contributions to political theory, and the last deals with Gramsci's legacy and enduring influence.
Contributors include: Alberto Burgio, Davide Cadeddu, Giuseppe Cospito, Angelo d'Orsi, Michele Filippini, Guido Liguori, Marcello Montanari, Vittorio Morfino, Stefano Petrucciani, Michele Prospero, Leonardo Rapone, Giuseppe Vacca, and Marzio Zanantoni.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Part 1: History
1 Gramsci: From Socialism to Communism
Leonardo Rapone
2 Antonio Gramsci: The Prison Years
Angelo d’Orsi
Part 2: Theories of History
3 The Crisis of European Civilization in the Thought of Antonio Gramsci
Giuseppe Vacca
4 Notes on Gramsci’s Theory of History
Marcello Montanari
5 The Layers of History and Politics in Gramsci
Vittorio Morfino
Part 3: Communism
6 Gramsci and Marx: Notes and Reflections
Stefano Petrucciani
7 Gramsci, the October Revolution and Its “Translation” in the West
Guido Liguori
8 On the Transition to Communism
Alberto Burgio
Part 4: Hegemony
9 Gramsci: Political Scientis
Michele Prospero
10 The “Prison Notebooks”: Hegemony and Civil Society
Giuseppe Cospito
11 On the Productive Use of Hegemony (Laclau, Hall, Chatterjee)
Michele Filippini
Part 5: Historiography
12 The Influence and Legacy of Antonio Gramsci in Twentieth-Century Italy
Marzio Zanantoni
13 The International Historiography on Gramsci in the Twenty-First Century
Davide Cadeddu
Bibliographic Abbreviations
Index
