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Antonio Gramsci

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction: The Life of a Reflective Revolutionary

  3. Historical Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
  4. Key Debates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Gramsci, Language and Pluralism

      • Alessandro Carlucci
      Pages 76-94
  5. Major Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Conceptions of Subalternity in Gramsci

      • Guido Liguori
      Pages 118-133
  6. Contemporary Relevance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Gramsci and ‘the International’: Past, Present and Future

      • Andreas Bieler, Ian Bruff, Adam David Morton
      Pages 137-155
    3. Gramsci, Hegemony and Post-Marxism

      • David Howarth
      Pages 195-213
    4. Conclusion: Contemporary Themes

      • Mark McNally
      Pages 214-224
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 225-247

About this book

The thought of Antonio Gramsci continues to enjoy widespread appeal in contemporary political and social theory. This book draws together some of the world's leading scholars on Gramsci to critically explore key ideas, debates and themes in his work in an accessible manner, relating them to contemporary politics and society.

Reviews

'This volume could have been subtitled 'Resolving the Gramsci Paradox.' How is it that a political activist and thinker so deeply concerned with the specific crises of his turbulent times has remained such a fertile source of ideas and insights for theorists and critics addressing the most pressing social, political and cultural issues of the twenty-first century? The essays in this volume are distinctive for simultaneously bringing Gramsci's continuing relevance into bold relief while greatly enriching our understanding of the theoretical core of his perdurable writings.'

Professor Joseph Buttigieg, University of Notre Dame, USA

'In this most welcome book - a well-timed response to the crisis of neo-liberal hegemony - Gramsci's legacy is inventoried through accurate scholarship and creatively revived with deep political commitment. A brilliant challenge to the trivialization of revolutionary thought and an invitation to critically rethink the history of Marxism beyond slogans.'

Dr Fabio Frosini, Università di Urbino, Italy

'This wide-ranging, coherent and critically engaged collection on the interwoven nature of Gramsci's theoretical and political life as a revolutionary provides exciting and provocative insights into many aspects of Gramsci's work, undermining taken-for-granted readings and showing that he is a thinker situated in his times with an ever-present contemporary relevance.'

Professor Bob Jessop, University of Lancaster, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of Scotland, UK

    Mark McNally

About the editor

Mark McNally is Lecturer in Politics at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. His research interests are in the history of political thought, democratic theory, ideology, and ideological and political conflict in Twentieth Century Ireland. He is co-editor of Gramsci and Global Politics (2009) and has published widely on the nature and application of Gramsci’s ideas.

Contributors:
Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK
Ian Bruff, Lecturer in European Politics, University of Manchester, UK
Alessandro Carlucci, Lector in Italian, University of Oxford, UK 
Benedetto Fontana, Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA  
Marcus E. Green, Associate Professor of Political Science, Otterbein University, Ohio, USA
David Howarth, Reader in Political Theory, Department of Government, University of Essex, UK 
Guido Liguori, University of Calabria, Italy, and president of the Italian section of the International Gramsci Society
James Martin, Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Adam Morton, Professor of Political Economy, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia
Darrow Schecter, Reader in the Department of History, University of Sussex, UK 
Peter Thomas, Brunel University, London, UK

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