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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459656003321

Autore

Thomas Peter D

Titolo

The Gramscian moment [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy, hegemony and Marxism / / by Peter D. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60205-5

9786612602054

90-474-4302-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Collana

Historical materialism book series, , 1570-1522 ; ; v. 24

Disciplina

335.43092

Soggetti

Marxist criticism

Historical materialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The moment of reading 'Capital' -- Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci? -- 'A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'? : on the literary form of the Prison notebooks -- Contra the passive revolution -- Civil and political hegemony -- 'The realisation of hegemony' -- 'The philosophy of praxis is the absolute "historicism"' -- 'The absolute secularisation and earthliness of thought' -- 'An absolute humanism of history'.

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the Premio internazionale Giuseppe Sormani 2011, awarded by the Fondazione Istituto Piemontese Antonio Gramsci in Turin for the best book/article on Gramsci in the period between 2007-2011 internationally. Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks are today acknowledged as a classic of the human and social sciences in the twentieth century. The influence of his thought in numerous fields of scholarship is only exceeded by the diverse interpretations and readings to which it has been subjected, resulting in often contradictory 'images of Gramsci'. This book draws on the rich recent season of Gramscian philological studies in order to argue that the true significance of Gramsci's thought consists in its distinctive position in the development of the Marxist tradition. Providing a detailed reconsideration of Gramsci's theory of the state and concept of



philosophy, The 'Gramscian moment' argues for the urgent necessity of taking up the challenge of developing a 'philosophy of praxis' as a vital element in the contemporary revitalisation of Marxism.