Using Gramsci

Michele Filippini

ISBN 10: 0745335683 / ISBN 13: 9780745335681

Published by Pluto Press, GB, 2016

About this Item

Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world. In Using Gramsci, Michele Filippini enlarges upon his seminal works, disentangling it from the prevailing orthodoxy in Gramscian analysis.The book explores his work on ideology, the individual, collective organisms, crisis and temporality, in addition to the more traditional areas of his thought, such as hegemony and civil society. Through this close examination, the use value of Gramscian theoretical instruments to a broad range of disciplines, including, political science, education, language, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, anthropology and geography, becomes apparent. Filippini's approach explicates and emphasises the importance of one of the most popular and enduring Marxist figures.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using Gramsci
• Publisher: Pluto Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745335683
• ISBN 13: 9780745335681
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 240 grams

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Synopsis

The notebooks kept by Antonio Gramsci while he was in prison in fascist Italy in the 1920s have been an inspiration to Marxist political thinkers and activists around the world for decades. With Using Gramsci, Michele Filippini teases out a number of previously ignored aspects of Gramsci’s works to create a book that stands apart from previous analyses. While Filippini does examine the aspects of Gramsci’s thought that have long attracted scholars—including his thinking on hegemony, organic intellectuals, and civil society—she foregrounds new concepts, including the individual, crisis, and space and time. The result is a rethinking of Gramsci for our era  that offers a number of promising new ways forward.
 

About the Author

Michele Filippini is a researcher in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna and  is on the board of the International Gramsci Society.