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Antonio Gramsci (Paperback, New ed)
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Antonio Gramsci (Paperback, New ed)
Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
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An introduction to the work, key ideas and influence of Gramsci,
Italian Marxist theorist and political activist. Gramsci was a long
term prisoner of the Mussolini regime, hence his most famous
writings have been those penned in his cell, including the "Prison
Notebooks" and the "Prison Letters." Gramsci's ideas about the the
relationships between the rulers and the ruled, about domination,
resistance and transgression, have been extremely influential in
cultural studies and cultural theory. He is perhaps best-known for
formulating the concept of "hegemony" which describes the process
whereby the ruling power wins the consent of the ruled to the
status quo, and hence to fit their subordination, and their ways of
understanding the world with the interests of the ruling power.
Gramsci's ideas were much employed during the grim years of
Thatcherism, as critics on the left (notably Stuart Hall) struggled
to find ways to explain the fact that the working classes kept
voting for Thatcher, even though it was apparently against their
interests to do so. Gramsci's thought also offers hope in that
challenges or transgressions to hegemonic ideas or structures can
be found even in the most outwardly conservative of narratives.
Popular culture has often been cited as a key battleground, on
which struggles for meaning and power take place - for example
debates about whether Eminem is a "good thing" - because he speaks
for the disenfranchised white working-class American, and argues
against racial boundaries in music - or a bad thing because of his
homophobic and misogynistic lyrics.
Steven Jones' book will explain the contemporary relevance of
Gramsci's ideas, notably about hegemony, throughrecent texts,
phenomena and events such as the death of Diana, "La haine," the
Global spread of McDonalds and anti-globalization tracts including
Naomi Klein's "No Logo."
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Critical Thinkers |
Release date: |
April 2006 |
First published: |
2006 |
Authors: |
Steven Jones
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Series editors: |
Robert Eaglestone
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
154 |
Edition: |
New ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-31948-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-415-31948-X |
Barcode: |
9780415319485 |
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