Antonio Gramsci
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
Article abstract: Gramsci, an active Italian revolutionary, was one of the first European communists to establish the theoretical foundations for a Western Marxism free of reliance on the Soviet Union. Imprisoned by Italy’s Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, he developed a new method of social analysis with his writings on culture and hegemony.
Early Life
Antonio Gramsci was born in Ales, a small agricultural village in Sardinia, on January 23, 1891. His family lived modestly, supported by a father who was a clerk in the Italian state bureaucracy. The...
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