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How to Read Gramsci? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by material_delinquent@hexbear.net to c/theory@hexbear.net

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What are good editions of Gramsci's works? I feel like there is a bunch of opportunist appropriations of him in my country by useless soccdems that will not go anywhere and I want to see what he has to say himself. Commentaries are also ok, but I really want to read him without any "filters" as much as possible. (ik that the prison notebooks are a mess obviously)

Thanks in advance

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[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have "The Antonio Gramsci Reader", it seems to have a good range of selections from his entire career. I've only read a few from it so far.

[–] material_delinquent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thanks, how is the commentary/explanation of his allusions and metaphors?

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It has some useful context, a short into by Eric Hobsbawm, chronology, and then in the back there is a glossary of key terms.

[–] material_delinquent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

returning to say thank you for this recc

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Np, was it what you were looking for?

[–] material_delinquent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I wanted to read Gramsci's thoughts on hegemony and compare it to today's implementation of that strategy

[–] material_delinquent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

oh, cool!