A Companion to Antonio Gramsci - Essays on History and Theories of History, Politics and Historiography

Some of Italy's most important Gransci scholars offer thoughts, reflections, and engagements with the Sardinian's life and works.

List of contents

Preface
 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

About the author

Davide Cadeddu, Ph.D. (2004), is Associate Professor of History of Political Thought at the University of Milan. He has published articles and monographs on Italian contemporary political theories, including Reimagining Democracy (Springer, 2012).

Summary

Some of Italy's most important Gransci scholars offer thoughts, reflections, and engagements with the Sardinian's life and works.

Product details

• Assisted by: Davide Cadeddu (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2021
• EAN: 9781642594256
• ISBN: 978-1-64259-425-6
• No. of pages: 166
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 256 g
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / Revolutionary, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory