Antonio Gramsci: Beyond Marxism and Postmodernism (Critics of the Twentieth Century) - Hardcover

Holub, Renate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415021081 ISBN 13: 9780415021081

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

This book provides the first detailed account of Gramsci's work in the context of current critical and socio-cultural debates. Renate Holub argues that Gramsci was ahead of his time in offering a theory of art, politics and cultural production. Gramsci's achievement is discussed particularly in relation to the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Bloch, Habermas), to Brecht's theoretical writings and to thinkers in the phenomenological tradition especially Merleau-Ponty. She argues for Gramsci's continuing relevance at a time of retreat from Marxist positions on the postmodern left.
Antonio Gramsci is distinguished by its range of philosophical grasp, its depth of specialized historical scholarship, and its keen sense of Gramsci's position as a crucial figure in the politics of contemporary cultural theory.

About this title

About the Author:

Renate Holub teaches at the Center for German and European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Review:

"Sassoon amply demonstrates the utility of political theory, particularly Gramsci's thought, in this collection."
-A.B. Cochran, "Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0415021081
• ISBN 13: 9780415021081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260