The Gramscian moment
Subtitle: philosophy, hegemony, and Marxism
By: by Peter D. Thomas.
Series: Historical materialism book series -- v. 24
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9789004167711
Subjects: Gramsci, Antonio, -- 1891-1937; Marxist criticism; Historical materialism
Description: "Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks are today acknowledged as a classic of the human and social sciences in the twentieth century. The influence of his thought in numerous fields of scholarship is only exceeded by the diverse interpretations and readings to which it has been subjected, resulting in often contradictory 'images of Gramsci'. This book draws on the rich recent season of Gramscian philological studies in order to argue that the true significance of Gramsci's thought consists in its distinctive position in the development of the Marxist tradition. Providing a detailed reconsideration of Gramsci's theory of the state and concept of philosophy. The 'Gramscian moment' argues for the urgent necessity of taking up the challenge of developing a 'philosophy of praxis' as a vital element in the contemporary revitalisation of Marxism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The moment of reading "Capital"; title: Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci?; title: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"? : on the literary form of the prison notebooks; title: Contra the passive revolution; title: Civil and political hegemony; title: "The realisation of hegemony"; title: "The philosophy of praxis is the absolute "historicism""; title: "The absolute secularisation and earthliness of thought"; title: "An absolute humanism of history".