Analysis of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks

Name: Analysis of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks
Brand: Macat Library

Macat Library

An Analysis of Antonio Gramsci's Prison NotebooksAuthor(s): Lorenzo Fusaro, Jason Xidias\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Macat International Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Macat International Limited\nISBN-13: 9781912303267, 978-1912303267\nSynopsis\nAntonio Gramscis Prison Notebooks is a remarkable work, not only because it was written in jail as the Italian Marxist thinker fell victim to political oppression in his home country, but also because it shows his impressive analytical ability.\n\nFirst published in 1948, 11 years after Gramscis death, Prison Notebooks ably demonstrates that the writer has an innate ability to understand the relationship between different parts of an argument. This is how Gramsci manages to analyze such wide-ranging topics capitalism, economics and culture to explain historical developments. He introduces the idea of hegemony, the means by which ruling classes in a society gain, keep hold of and manage their power, and, by carefully looking at how soc.