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Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher and politician in the early 20th century. He was imprisoned by Mussolini's fascist regime from 1929 to 1935, during which time he wrote over 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages analyzing Italian society and strategies for change. These Prison Notebooks are considered highly original and influential in political theory, exploring topics like civil society, culture, and hegemony. Extracts were published in the mid-20th century and the complete notebooks in 1975, influencing Western Marxist thought and communist party strategies in countries after World War II.

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Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher and politician in the early 20th century. He was imprisoned by Mussolini's fascist regime from 1929 to 1935, during which time he wrote over 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages analyzing Italian society and strategies for change. These Prison Notebooks are considered highly original and influential in political theory, exploring topics like civil society, culture, and hegemony. Extracts were published in the mid-20th century and the complete notebooks in 1975, influencing Western Marxist thought and communist party strategies in countries after World War II.

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TAGS: Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Marxism, Communism, Sociology, Social

Theory, Cultural Studies, Italian literature

Antonio Gramsci - Prison Notebooks and Political Works (11 books)

ANTONIO GRAMSCI (1891-1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher and communist


politician who wrote on political theory, sociology and linguistics and attempted
to break from the economic determinism of traditional Marxist thought. He was a
founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was
imprisoned by Mussolini's Fascist regime.

During his time in prison between 1929 and 1935, and despite rigorous censorship,
Gramsci carried out an extraordinary and wide-ranging historical and theoretical
study of Italian society and possible strategies for change. He wrote more than 30
notebooks and 3,000 pages of history and analysis during that time. His PRISON
NOTEBOOKS are considered a highly original and enduring contribution to 20th
century political theory. Gramsci drew insights from varying sources -- not only
other Marxists but also thinkers such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Vilfredo Pareto,
Georges Sorel and Benedetto Croce. The notebooks cover a wide range of topics,
including Italian history and nationalism, the French Revolution, fascism, Fordism,
civil society, folklore, religion and high and popular culture.

Extracts of the prison writings were published for the first time in the mid-20th
century; the complete notebooks appeared in 1975. Many of his propositions became
a fundamental part of Western Marxist thought and influenced the post-World War II
strategies of communist parties in the West. His reflections on the cultural and
political concept of hegemony (notably in southern Italy), on the Italian Communist
Party itself, and on the Roman Catholic Church were particularly important. He has
also become an important figure in current academic discussions within cultural
studies and critical theory.

The following books are in PDF format:

* Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings, 1916-1935 (NYU, 2000). David Forgacs,
ed.

* Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks (ElecBook, 2001). Derek Boothman,
trans.

* Pre-Prison Writings (Cambridge, 1994). Richard Bellamy, ed.

* Prison Notebooks (Columbia, 1992-2007). 3 volumes. Joseph Buttigieg, trans.

* Selections from Cultural Writings (ElecBook, 1999). William Boelhower, trans.

* Selections from Political Writings, 1910-1920 (Lawrence & Wishart, 1977).


Quintin Hoare, ed.

* Selections from Political Writings, 1921-1926 (Lawrence & Wishart, 1978).


Quintin Hoare, ed.

* Selections from the Prison Notebooks (ElecBook, 1999). Quintin Hoare and
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, trans.

* Selections from the Prison Notebooks (International, 1971). Quintin Hoare and
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, trans.
NOTE: The poor quality of some of the original scans (not my work) prevents them
from being significantly improved, but I include them here in the interest of
thoroughness.

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