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Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937)

Author of Selections from the Prison Notebooks

430+ Works 5,046 Members 27 Reviews 13 Favorited

About the Author

Born to a poor family in Sardinia, Gramsci had to go to work as a child but still managed to distinguish himself as a bright and promising student. In 1910, after winning a scholarship, he attended the University of Torino, where he was influenced by Benedetto Croce and Francesco De Sanctis. He show more eventually rejected Croce's idealism, as well as the academic life, for Marxism and politics. His primary interest was the empowerment of the working class. He rose within the Socialist party to the position of secretary of the socialist section of Torino and founded the influential newspaper L'Ordine Nuovo (the New Order). In 1921 he cofounded the Italian Communist party and fought against Fascist policy. Elected party secretary in 1924, two years later he was arrested and sent to prison, where he produced much of his writing. He remained incarcerated until his death. Gramsci's writings chronicle the development of his thought on politics, culture, and education. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Antonio Gramsci

Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1971) 1,332 copies, 1 review
Letters from Prison (1973) 377 copies, 4 reviews
Prison Notebooks [3-volume set] (1996) 169 copies, 1 review
Prison Notebooks, Volume 1 (1992) 112 copies
Odio gli indifferenti (2011) 101 copies, 1 review
Il Risorgimento (1971) — Author — 81 copies, 1 review
The Southern Question (1995) — Author — 69 copies, 2 reviews
Prison Notebooks, Volume 2 (1996) 63 copies
La política y el estado moderno (1901) 54 copies, 1 review
Prison Notebooks, Volume 3 (1984) 50 copies
Passato e presente (1977) 49 copies
Antologia (Spanish Edition) (1974) 45 copies, 1 review
The Hedgehog Tree (1981) 28 copies
Gli Intellettuali (1974) 24 copies
Le Opere (1997) — Author — 24 copies
Il Vaticano e l'Italia (1986) 17 copies
Sul fascismo (2012) 17 copies
Scritti politici (2024) 16 copies
L'Ordine Nuovo 1919-1920 (1987) 15 copies
Pourquoi je hais l'indifférence (2012) 15 copies, 2 reviews
Soviets in Italy (1969) 14 copies
Cultura i literatura (1977) 13 copies
Escritos : antología (2017) 10 copies
Cadernos do Cárcere - Vol. 1 (2000) 9 copies, 1 review
Fiabe (2010) 7 copies
Textes (1983) 6 copies
Politik og kultur (1972) 6 copies
La cite future (2017) 6 copies
Lettere, 1908-1926 ( (1992) 6 copies
L'alternativa pedagogica (1979) 6 copies
Política y sociedad (1977) 5 copies
Scritti scelti (2007) 5 copies
Il nostro Marx, 1918-1919 (1984) 5 copies
Modern Prens (2014) 5 copies
Gramsci (2005) 5 copies
L'hégémonie culturelle (2024) 5 copies
Gramsci dans le texte (1976) 5 copies
Favole di libertà (2008) 4 copies
La rivoluzione italiana (1976) 4 copies
El compromiso histórico (1978) 4 copies
Vozes da terra : Escritos de 1916 a1926 (2023) 4 copies, 1 review
Le Journalisme intégral (2022) 4 copies
Gedanken zur Kultur (1987) 4 copies
La alternativa pedagógica (1976) 4 copies, 1 review
Machiavelli (1992) 3 copies
LETTRES DE PRISON (2018) 3 copies
Antología. Volumen 2 (2016) 3 copies
Scritti politici Volume 1 (1978) 3 copies
Arte e folclore (1976) 3 copies
Lettere 1926-1935 (1997) — Author — 3 copies
Folclore e senso comune (1992) 3 copies
Indifferenti (2007) 2 copies
Acerca De Los Sindicatos (1979) 2 copies
Il giornalismo 2 copies
Contro il populismo (2019) 2 copies
Pisma iz ječe 2 copies
CUADERNOS DE LA CARCEL 5 (1999) 2 copies
L’egemonia culturale (2022) 2 copies
CUADERNOS DE LA CARCEL 2 (1981) 2 copies
Gramsci 2 copies
Filosofia e Politica (2000) 2 copies
Textes choisis (2014) 2 copies
Lettere a casa (2003) 2 copies
Antología. Volumen 1 (2016) 2 copies
La letteratura popolare (1993) 2 copies
UM HOMEM NO BURACO (2023) 1 copy
La scuola è vita (2022) 1 copy
Amerika und Europa (2007) 1 copy
Hapishane Defterleri (1975) 1 copy
Erziehung und Bildung (2012) 1 copy
Escritos juveniles (2014) 1 copy
Dante e Manzoni (1992) 1 copy
Caro Delio, caro Julik (1992) 1 copy
Il lorianismo (1992) 1 copy
Modern Hükümdar (2013) 1 copy
Izbrana dela 1 copy
Literatur und Kultur (2012) 1 copy
Scritti sulla Sardegna (2009) 1 copy
Zeszyty filozoficzne (1991) 1 copy
Scritti dalla libertà (2012) 1 copy

Associated Works

Literary Theory: An Anthology (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 744 copies, 1 review
Cultural Resistance Reader (2002) — Contributor — 153 copies
Tesi di Lione — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Gramsci, Antonio
Legal name
Gramsci, Antonio Francesco
Birthdate
1891-01-22
Date of death
1937-04-27
Gender
male
Education
University of Turin
Occupations
politician
theorist
Organizations
Partito Comunista d'Italia (1921-1937)
Short biography
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), Italian writer, politician and political theorist; founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy
Cause of death
State neglect
Nationality
Italy
Birthplace
Ales, Sardinia, Italy
Places of residence
Turin, Italy
Place of death
Formia, Italy
Burial location
Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Italy
Associated Place (for map)
Italy

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Reviews

29 reviews
This is probably the hardest thing I've ever read, and I don't think I can recommend it to the layman looking for an introduction to Gramsci's works. There's nothing wrong with the collection, or Gramsci's philosophy, both of which are fine, but its dense and hard work and needs more annotation to make it comprehensible to the beginner. That said, I found many bits stimulating and have dozens of pages turned over for further investigation. Make of that what you will!
½
(English below...)

Même s'il écrivait in 1917, plusieurs pages m'ont frappé
comment toujours pertinentes aujourd'hui:

P. 34: Fable d’Ésope "L'aigle, le laie et la chatte"
P. 35 "le comprendre pour tenter de le modifier."
et "La colère, instrument des puissants, arme des faibles"
P. 38 Il faut:
1. Sentir l'indignation (pour l'injustice)
2. Penser aux causes fondamentales, et
3. Imaginer les solutions
P. 55 "L'indifférence ... les décourage jusqu’à les faire
renoncer parfois à leur show more entreprise héroïque."
P. 196 "Trois années de guerre... Nous voyons des hommes ...
là où hier nous ne voyions que des états ou des individus
représentatifs."
P. 200 "Nous avançons par intuitions plus que par
raisonnements;" Oui, ça fait difficile coordonner les efforts.
P. 204 Est-ce que c'est vrai: oublier les mots -> oublier
les choses?

Des Pages 110-112, Gramsci faisait l'éloge d'un roman par
H.G. Wells, chose qui m'encourage. Malgré mes usages des
travaux de Gramsci dans ma thèse et dans ma vie perso, je
m'avais demandé, en lisant ce livre, comme puis j'apprendre
inspirer les gens d'aider aux autrui atteindre leur plein
potentielle au lieu de railler contre eux qui n'aident pas.

English:

Though he wrote in 1917, several pages struck me as
still relevant today:

P. 34 (Aesop's fable),
P. 35 (understand to convince),
P. 38 (Feel, Think and Imagine),
P: 55 (indifference discourages great projects),
P. 196 (how WWI -> feeling in addition to abstract thought),
P. 204 Does forgetting words -> forgetting events?

From pages 110-112, Gramsci praises a novel by H. G.
Wells, and from that, I take heart. Despite my use of
Gramsci's work in my thesis and in my personal life, while I
was reading this book, I found myself wondering how I could
learn to inspire people to help others reach their full
potential, rather than rail against those who harm others.

ShiraDest,
Bretagne,
8,8,12015 ère Holocène/Human Era
show less
(English below...)

Même s'il écrivait in 1917, plusieurs pages m'ont frappé
comment toujours pertinentes aujourd'hui:

P. 34: Fable d’Ésope "L'aigle, le laie et la chatte"
P. 35 "le comprendre pour tenter de le modifier."
et "La colère, instrument des puissants, arme des faibles"
P. 38 Il faut:
1. Sentir l'indignation (pour l'injustice)
2. Penser aux causes fondamentales, et
3. Imaginer les solutions
P. 55 "L'indifférence ... les décourage jusqu’à les faire
renoncer parfois à leur show more entreprise héroïque."
P. 196 "Trois années de guerre... Nous voyons des hommes ...
là où hier nous ne voyions que des états ou des individus
représentatifs."
P. 200 "Nous avançons par intuitions plus que par
raisonnements;" Oui, ça fait difficile coordonner les efforts.
P. 204 Est-ce que c'est vrai: oublier les mots -> oublier
les choses?

Des Pages 110-112, Gramsci faisait l'éloge d'un roman par
H.G. Wells, chose qui m'encourage. Malgré mes usages des
travaux de Gramsci dans ma thèse et dans ma vie perso, je
m'avais demandé, en lisant ce livre, comme puis j'apprendre
inspirer les gens d'aider aux autrui atteindre leur plein
potentielle au lieu de railler contre eux qui n'aident pas.

English:

Though he wrote in 1917, several pages struck me as
still relevant today:

P. 34 (Aesop's fable),
P. 35 (understand to convince),
P. 38 (Feel, Think and Imagine),
P: 55 (indifference discourages great projects),
P. 196 (how WWI -> feeling in addition to abstract thought),
P. 204 Does forgetting words -> forgetting events?

From pages 110-112, Gramsci praises a novel by H. G.
Wells, and from that, I take heart. Despite my use of
Gramsci's work in my thesis and in my personal life, while I
was reading this book, I found myself wondering how I could
learn to inspire people to help others reach their full
potential, rather than rail against those who harm others.

ShiraDest,
Bretagne,
8,8,12015 ère Holocène/Human Era
show less
I read the Prison Letters and some of his other work while doing my PhD, and cited much of it, but had to put it out of my thesis after it was ruled biased and out of the scope of my work, unfortunately. I thought it put much of my work on participatory decision-making in the emission of money into a broader context, but it was not my call.

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