Using Gramsci: A New Approach

by Michele Filippini

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.
 

Genres: Politics, Philosophy

248 pages, Paperback

Published December 15, 2016

Reviews

[Raul Alonzo Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wanting to really dive into Gramsci can be a pretty daunting task. This gives a really great overview of his major concepts and provides a roadmap for further study. Language can sometimes waver into jargony territory but is still pretty readable for those with some familiarity with the concepts and foundations.