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[–] 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Lol nobody actually reads Gramsci

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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    I'm barely getting by acting like I understand "hegemony", if people start reading Gramsci I'd have to start acting like I understand passive revolution and I'm just not ready to commit to the history of the risorgimento via the class dynamics of Piedmont-Savoy vs the Action party. /s

    But seriously I dont think people realize how much liberal identity politics are based on a false understanding of Gramsci via Mouffe+Laclau. Poor understanding of Gramsci is low key one of the most pernicious brainworms in our movements, because a lack of understanding his theories is actively being used against the left

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Where would you recommend starting with Gramsci?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    These are notes i have for a primer of hegemony and passive revolution. Gramsci is a little tricky because he doesnt have an essay called "how to define hegemony" you have to like look at a bunch of stuff and suss it out. These are essays, you could read and take notes on all of this stuff mentioned in a day or 2. but get ready to wikipedia a bunch of history about 19th century Italy.

    From Selections from Prison Notebooks

    • the formation of the intellectuals
    • The Different Position of Urban and Rural-type Intellectuals
    • the function of piedmont
    • the concept of passive revolution
    • first epilogue (Tbh the whole notes on Italian history section is really good, but I had to wikipedia some stuff like wtf was piedmont-savoy and the action party, names and places, three wars of independence with Austria in the 1800s. Gramsci uses the history of the renaissance and risorgimento to prove his theories, so this whole section is really important)
    • ANALYSIS OF SITUATIONS. RELATIONS OF FORCE

    Other sources:

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