Alternative modernities : Antonio Gramsci's twentieth century /: Antonio Gramsci's twentieth century. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Modernità alternative: Il Novecento di Antonio Gramsci
• Further Information: Note: Giuseppe Vacca ; translated by Derek Boothman, Chris Dennis.
• Authors: Vacca, Giuseppe
• Other Names: Boothman, Derek translator.; Dennis, Chris translator.
• Contents: Chapter 1 The concept of hegemony 1. 'Historic Breaks': the Great War and the October Revolution 2. The problem of the revolution in Italy and the 'hegemony of the proletariat' 3. The Essay on the Southern Question: First Draft of a Theory on Intellectuals 4. The origin of the Notebooks 5. Gramsci the theorist of 'revolution in the West'? 6. The concept of hegemony in the Notebooks 7. Interdependence, 'civil hegemony', 'international hegemony' 8. The crisis of the modern state and the remedies: political cosmopolitanism and supranationality Chapter 2: The nature of passive revolution 1. Developments of the Concept of 'Passive Revolution' 2. Gramsci's Analysis of the History of Italy, from the War to His Arrest 3. Liberal Italy and fascism in the Notebooks. 4. The 'passive revolution' in the international scenario. America, Europe, Soviet Union. Chapter 3: From Historical Materialismù to the Philosophy of Praxis: Foundations for a Processual Theory of the Subject 1. The Turin Factory Council Movement 2. The research programme of the Notebooks 3. A heresy of the religion of liberty' 4. Economism and scientism 5. Socialism as the Process Generating a New Rationality 6. The Constitution of the Political Subject Chapter 4: Hegemony and Democracy 1. The Legacy of Liberalism 2. Crisis and Critics of Democracy 3. 'The Modern Prince' 4. Europe after Fascism 5. EpilogueChapter 5: Afterword.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 335.43092; Political science -- Italy -- History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030476717
• Related ISBNs: 9783030476700
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