Description Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was one of the most original political thinkers in Western Marxism and an exceptional intellectual.
In addition to the Prison Notebooks (Columbia, 1992-2007, three volumes), his Letters from Prison (Columbia, 1994, two volumes) and a collection of Pre-Prison Writings (Cambridge, 1994) have been published..
Among his key contributions to political theory is the notion of cultural hegemony, the means by which the ruling capitalist class maintains control of the state.
During this period he wrote more than 30 notebooks, which detailed his ideas about Italian history, critical theory, and Marxism.
Widely considered a leading exponent of post-Lenin neo-Marxism, he was imprisoned in 1926 by Mussolini\'s Fascist regime and remained incarcerated until shortly before his death.
About the Author Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was an Italian Marxist theorist, one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party, and founder of the official Party newspaper, l\'Unita.
Frank Rosengarten divides more than four hundred Gramsci Letters into two companion volumes, complete with a chronology of the thinker\'s crucial life experiences, an introduction that sheds light on the main experiences and themes in the letters, biographical notes on his correspondents, and a bibliography of works cited in his letters.
Forming an incomparable link between Gramsci\'s intellectual passion and his emotional vulnerability, Letters from Prison shows a man reconstructing his life while being separated from it, struggling to recapture the primary relationships that once defined his identity.
In meticulous detail, Gramsci records how political prisoners, himself included, contend with the fear of illness and death and the rules and regulations that threaten to efface their individuality.
Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926, Gramsci died before fully regaining his freedom, yet he wrote extensive Letters while incarcerated, rich with insight into the physical and psychological tortures of prison.
Description Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was one of the most original political thinkers in Western Marxism and an exceptional intellectual
