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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st ed. 2023. This intellectual biography provides an organic framework for understanding Antonio Gramsci's process of intellectual development, paying close attention to the historical and intellectual contexts out of which his views emerged. The Gramsci in Notebooks cannot fully account for the young director of L'Ordine Nuovo, or for the communist leader. Gramsci's development did not occur under conditions of intellectual inflexibility, of absence of evolution. However, there is a strong thread connecting the "political Gramsci" with Gramsci as a "cultivated man." The Sardinian intellectual's life is marked by the drama of World War I, the first mass conflict in which the great scientific discoveries of the previous decades were applied on a large scale and in which millions of peasants and workers were slaughtered. In all of his theoretical formulations, this dual relation, which epitomizes the instrumental use of "simpletons" by ruling classes, goes beyond the military context of the trenches and becomes full-fledged in the fundamental relations of modern capitalist society. In contrast with this notion of social hierarchy, which is deemed natural and unchangeable, Gramsci constantly affirmed the need to overcome the historically determined rupture between intellectual and manual functions, due to which the existence of a priesthood or of a separate caste of specialists in politics and in knowledge is made necessary. It is not the specific professional activity (whether material or immaterial) that determines the essence of human nature: to Gramsci, "all men are philosophers." In this passage from Notebooks, we find the condensed form of his idea of "human emancipation," which is the historical need for an "intellectual and moral reform": the subversion of traditional relations between rulers and ruled and the end of exploitation of man by man.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st ed. 2023. This intellectual biography provides an organic framework for understanding Antonio Gramsci's process of intellectual development, paying close attention to the historical and intellectual contexts out of which his views emerged. The Gramsci in Notebooks cannot fully account for the young director of L'Ordine Nuovo, or for the communist leader. Gramsci's development did not occur under conditions of intellectual inflexibility, of absence of evolution. However, there is a strong thread connecting the "political Gramsci" with Gramsci as a "cultivated man." The Sardinian intellectual's life is marked by the drama of World War I, the first mass conflict in which the great scientific discoveries of the previous decades were applied on a large scale and in which millions of peasants and workers were slaughtered. In all of his theoretical formulations, this dual relation, which epitomizes the instrumental use of "simpletons" by ruling classes, goes beyond the military context of the trenches and becomes full-fledged in the fundamental relations of modern capitalist society. In contrast with this notion of social hierarchy, which is deemed natural and unchangeable, Gramsci constantly affirmed the need to overcome the historically determined rupture between intellectual and manual functions, due to which the existence of a priesthood or of a separate caste of specialists in politics and in knowledge is made necessary. It is not the specific professional activity (whether material or immaterial) that determines the essence of human nature: to Gramsci, "all men are philosophers." In this passage from Notebooks, we find the condensed form of his idea of "human emancipation," which is the historical need for an "intellectual and moral reform": the subversion of traditional relations between rulers and ruled and the end of exploitation of man by man.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This intellectual biography provides an organic framework for understanding Antonio Gramscis process of intellectual development, paying close attention to the historical and intellectual contexts out of which his views emerged. The Gramsci in Notebooks cannot fully account for the young director of LOrdine Nuovo, or for the communist leader. Gramscis development did not occur under conditions of intellectual inflexibility, of absence of evolution. However, there is a strong thread connecting the political Gramsci with Gramsci as a cultivated man. The Sardinian intellectuals life is marked by the drama of World War I, the first mass conflict in which the great scientific discoveries of the previous decades were applied on a large scale and in which millions of peasants and workers were slaughtered. In all of his theoretical formulations, this dual relation, which epitomizes the instrumental use of simpletons by ruling classes, goes beyond the military context of the trenches and becomes full-fledged in the fundamental relations of modern capitalist society. In contrast with this notion of social hierarchy, which is deemed natural and unchangeable, Gramsci constantly affirmed the need to overcome the historically determined rupture between intellectual and manual functions, due to which the existence of a priesthood or of a separate caste of specialists in politics and in knowledge is made necessary. It is not the specific professional activity (whether material or immaterial) that determines the essence of human nature: to Gramsci, all men are philosophers. In this passage from Notebooks, we find the condensed form of his idea of human emancipation, which is the historical need for an intellectual and moral reform: the subversion of traditional relations between rulers and ruled and the end of exploitation of man by man. This intellectual biography provides an organic framework for understanding Antonio Gramscis process of intellectual development, paying close attention to the historical and intellectual contexts out of which his views emerged. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Although Antonio Gramsci is widely known as the theorist of hegemony, his enduring relevance to struggles against colonial oppression across the Global South reveals a deeper, often overlooked dimension of his thought. With this book, Gianni Fresu explores Gramsci's formative experiences in Sardinia, a peripheral, peasant island marked by internal colonialism, and shows how these shaped his vision of human emancipation as both a continuation and critique of bourgeois universalism.Through a rigorous engagement with Gramsci's writings, Fresu reexamines key categories of Marxist theory, situating them within the socio-political contradictions of Sardinia and the broader Italian national formation. He argues that Gramsci's philosophy of praxis, conceived as absolute historicism, offers a powerful framework for understanding the dialectic between civil and political society, liberalism and socialism, and the transformation of modern power structures.Divided into three interrelated sections (the Colonial Question, the Liberal Question, and Questions of Political Theory) Gramsci and the Colonial Question provides a fresh and interdisciplinary perspective on Gramsci's legacy. It challenges dominant interpretations that marginalize Sardinian history and offers new insights into the conceptual renewal of Marxism, making it essential reading for scholars in political theory, students of postcolonial studies, Italian history, and Gramscian thought.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Although Antonio Gramsci is widely known as the theorist of hegemony, his enduring relevance to struggles against colonial oppression across the Global South reveals a deeper, often overlooked dimension of his thought. With this book, Gianni Fresu explores Gramsci's formative experiences in Sardinia, a peripheral, peasant island marked by internal colonialism, and shows how these shaped his vision of human emancipation as both a continuation and critique of bourgeois universalism.Through a rigorous engagement with Gramsci's writings, Fresu reexamines key categories of Marxist theory, situating them within the socio-political contradictions of Sardinia and the broader Italian national formation. He argues that Gramsci's philosophy of praxis, conceived as absolute historicism, offers a powerful framework for understanding the dialectic between civil and political society, liberalism and socialism, and the transformation of modern power structures.Divided into three interrelated sections (the Colonial Question, the Liberal Question, and Questions of Political Theory) Gramsci and the Colonial Question provides a fresh and interdisciplinary perspective on Gramsci's legacy. It challenges dominant interpretations that marginalize Sardinian history and offers new insights into the conceptual renewal of Marxism, making it essential reading for scholars in political theory, students of postcolonial studies, Italian history, and Gramscian thought.…

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Brossura. Condition: new. Roma, 2013; br., pp. 304, ill. b/n, cm 15x21.(Collana blu. Storia e politica). Sebbene sia alla base della nostra Costituzione repubblicana, molti e continui sono stati i tentativi vòlti a ridimensionare la funzione della Resistenza nella storia della liberazione dal nazionale. Tra le pieghe delle rimozioni forzate, o di affrettate esigenze di riscrivere la storia, sono rimaste esperienze collettive e singole personalità di un certo rilievo ma destinate all'oblio della memoria. Fra esse il giovane intellettuale triestino Eugenio Curiel, una figura poliedrica, per interessi e propensioni intellettuali, che immolò la sua stessa esistenza alla causa della liberazione, come tanti della sua generazione. Ma che rappresentò, all'interno del Pci una istanza originale di dialogo con le altre forze, Socialisti ed Azionisti, in particolare. Morto senza aver ancora compiuto 33 anni, ha lasciato un patrimonio di riflessioni, analisi, proposte ed esperienze politiche concrete, degne di maggior attenzione per comprendere meglio le origini della nostra democrazia repubblicana e il travaglio umano che la generò. Eugenio Curiel si formò e raggiunse l'età adulta negli anni di massima espansione del regime di Mussolini, e fu interprete e ispiratore della "generazione degli anni difficili", assolvendo un ruolo di cerniera tra le esigenze di quei giovani, cresciuti ed educati nella dottrina del fascismo, ma profondamente insoddisfatti delle sue realizzazioni concrete, con quelle dei precedenti protagonisti dell'antifascismo. Libro.…

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Brossura. Condition: new. Roma, 2024; br., pp. 362, cm 14x21. (Linee). Pur essendo considerato il "teorico dell'egemonia", e non occupandosi in forma prevalente del "Sud del mondo", Antonio Gramsci è un autore di riferimento per i popoli impegnati nelle lotte di liberazione dall'oppressione coloniale. La ragione di questo apparente paradosso va ricercata in un fattore non sufficientemente approfondito: egli è figlio consapevole di un'isola povera, contadina e periferica, storicamente assoggettata a molteplici forme di dominazione e passivizzazione. Con un simile retroterra, all'interno di un lungo processo di definizione politica e filosofica, Gramsci concepisce l'emancipazione umana come prosecuzione, completamento e rovesciamento dei valori universali immanenti alle rivoluzioni borghesi. Tematizzando in maniera originale e unitaria il rapporto tra esigenze di interpretazione e di trasformazione del mondo, l'autore dei Quaderni rielabora la questione del rinnovamento del marxismo, fornendo categorie analitiche indispensabili al suo aggiornamento concettuale. Prefazione di Peter D. Thomas. Libro.…

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