To live is to resist : the life of Antonio Gramsci /

"The Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century, one whose ideas left an indelible mark on philosophy and critical theory around the world. His original, innovative work on history, society, power, and the state ha...

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Main Authors: Frétigné, Jean-Yves (Author)
Group Author: Marris, Laura, 1987- (Translator); Urbinati, Nadia, 1955- (writer of foreword.)
Published: The University of Chicago Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago, IL :
Publication Dates: 2023.
©2021
Literature type: Book
Language: English
French
Edition: Paperback edition.
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Summary: "The Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century, one whose ideas left an indelible mark on philosophy and critical theory around the world. His original, innovative work on history, society, power, and the state has influenced several generations of readers and political movements, and it has shaped important developments in postcolonial thought through concepts such as subalternity and hegemony. Gramsci's thinking is scattered across the thousands of notebook pages he wrote while he was in prison, from 1926 until shortly before his death, and it ranges widely across intellectual history, European social and economic history, education theory, and even linguistics. To guide the reader through Gramsci's life and thought, historian Jean-Yves Frétigné offers in To Live Is to Resist an accessible, compelling portrait of this extraordinary figure. Throughout the book, Frétigné emphasizes Gramsci's quiet heroism and his unwavering commitment to political practice and resistance . Most powerfully, he shows how Gramsci never surrendered, even in conditions that stripped him of all power, except, of course, the power to think"--
Carrier Form: xxii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780226829388
0226829383
9780226719092
022671909X
Index Number: HX289
CLC: K835.467
Call Number: K835.467/G747F-1
Contents: Foreword / Nadia UrbinatiPart I. From Sardinian Gramsci to National Gramsci (1891-1915). In Sardinia (1891-1911) ; A Poor Student in Turin (1911-1915) -- Part II. From National Gramsci to Internationalist Gramsci (1915-1922). A Socialist Journalist, Marginal and Original (1915-1919) ; From the Experience of L'Ordine Nuovo to His Departure for Moscow (1919-1922) -- Part III. The Bolshevik (1922-1926). In the Service of the Comintern (May 1922-May 1924) ; At the Head of the New Communist Party of Italy (May 1924-November 8, 1926) -- Part IV. The Prisoner (November 8, 1926-April 27, 1937). For Twenty Years, We Must Stop This Brain from Functioning (November 8, 1926-July 19, 1928) ; The Prisoner and the Philosopher (July 19, 1928-November 19, 1933) -- Epilogue : November 19, 1933-April 27, 1937 -- English Editions of Gramsci's Writings -- Selected Chronology of Gramsci's Life -- Appendix A: Family Tree of the Schucht Family -- Appendix B: Overview of Gramsci's Visits and Visitors between May 1927 and His Death in April 1937.