Antonio Gramsci

Name: Antonio Gramsci
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ISBN: 9780415319485

ISBN-10: 041531948X

ISBN-13: 9780415319485

Edition: 2006

Authors: Steven Jones

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An introduction to the work, key ideas and influence of Gramsci, Italian Marxist theorist and political activist. Gramsci was a long term prisoner of the Mussolini regime, hence his most famous writings have been those penned in his cell, including the "Prison Notebooks" and the "Prison Letters." Gramsci's ideas about the the relationships between the rulers and the ruled, about domination, resistance and transgression, have been extremely influential in cultural studies and cultural theory. He is perhaps best-known for formulating the concept of "hegemony" which describes the process whereby the ruling power wins the consent of the ruled to the status quo, and hence to fit their…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.80" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.396

Steven Jones is Senior Lecturer in English Language in the School of Education at the University of Manchester.



Series editor's preface


Acknowledgements


Why Gramsci? Key Ideas



Gramsci's political and intellectual development



Culture



Hegemony



Hegemony in practice 1: identity



Hegemony in practice 2: representations and institutions



Intellectuals



Crisis



Americanism and Fordism


After Gramscifurther Reading


Works cited


Index