Antonio Gramsci
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| + | "The hero of these anticanonizers is [[Antonio Gramsci]], who in his ''Selections from the Prison Notebooks'' denies that any intellectual can be free of the dominant social group if he relies upon merely the "special qualification" that he shares with the craft of his fellows (such as other literary critics): "Since these various categories of traditional intellectuals experience through an '[[esprit de corps]]' their uninterrupted historical qualification, they thus put themselves forward as autonomous and independent of the dominant social group." --''[[The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages|The Western Canon]]'' (1994), Harold Bloom, p. 25 | ||
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| - | '''Antonio Gramsci''' ([[January 22]], [[1891]] – [[April 27]], [[1937]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[writer]], [[politician]] and [[Marxist]] [[political theorist]]. A founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy, he was imprisoned by [[Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist]] regime. His writings are heavily concerned with the analysis of [[culture]]. He is renowned for his [[concept]] of [[cultural hegemony]] as a means of maintaining the [[state]] in a [[capitalist]] society.{{GFDL}} | + | '''Antonio Gramsci''' ([[January 22]], [[1891]] – [[April 27]], [[1937]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[writer]], [[politician]] and [[Marxist]] [[political theorist]]. A founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy, he was imprisoned by [[Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist]] regime. His writings are heavily concerned with the analysis of [[culture]]. He is renowned for his [[concept]] of [[cultural hegemony]] as a means of maintaining the [[state]] in a [[capitalist]] society. |
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"The hero of these anticanonizers is Antonio Gramsci, who in his Selections from the Prison Notebooks denies that any intellectual can be free of the dominant social group if he relies upon merely the "special qualification" that he shares with the craft of his fellows (such as other literary critics): "Since these various categories of traditional intellectuals experience through an 'esprit de corps' their uninterrupted historical qualification, they thus put themselves forward as autonomous and independent of the dominant social group." --The Western Canon (1994), Harold Bloom, p. 25 |
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Antonio Gramsci (January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937) was an Italian writer, politician and Marxist political theorist. A founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy, he was imprisoned by Mussolini's Fascist regime. His writings are heavily concerned with the analysis of culture. He is renowned for his concept of cultural hegemony as a means of maintaining the state in a capitalist society.
