Antonio Gramsci

by Jones; Steven

• ISBN13: 9780415319478
• ISBN10: 0415319471
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

For readers encountering Gramsci for the first time, Steve Jones covers key elements of his thought through detailed discussion and studies the historical context of the theorist's thought, offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture and evaluates responses to his work.Including British, European and American examples, key topics covered here include:* culture* hegemony* intellectuals* crisis* Americanization.Gramsci's work invites people to think beyond simplistic oppositions by recasting ideological domination as hegemony: the ability of a ruling power's values to live in the minds and lives of its subalterns as a spontaneous expression of their own interestsIs power simply a matter of domination and resistance? Can a ruling power be vulnerable? Can subordinates find their resitance neutralized? and What is the role of culture in this? These questions, and many more are tackled here in this invaluable introduction to Gramsci.

Author Biography

Steve Jones is senior lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
Why Gramsci?	1	(10)
Key Ideas	11	(2)
Gramsci's political and intellectual development	13	(14)
Culture	27	(14)
Hegemony	41	(16)
Hegemony in practice 1: identity	57	(12)
Hegemony in practice 2: representations and institutions	69	(12)
Intellectuals	81	(14)
Crisis	95	(14)
Americanism and Fordism	109	(12)
After Gramsci	121	(14)
Further Reading	135	(6)
Works cited	141	(8)
Index	149