Antonio Gramsci
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
Article abstract: Gramsci gave modern social and political theory and the study of history a new method of social analysis with his writings on culture and hegemony. He was one of the first European communists to establish the theoretical foundations for a Western Marxism free of reliance on the Soviet Union. Gramsci was himself an active revolutionary who produced his most influential work during an eleven-year imprisonment under Benito Mussolini.
Early Life
Antonio Gramsci was born in Ales, a small agricultural village in Sardinia, on January 23, 1891....
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