SOCIOL 2LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Benito Mussolini, Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks
18 Dec 2018
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Draws upon hegel and marx: concepts in the work of hegel. Philosophy based upon: the dialectic (con icts and contradictions, idealism (refers to mental products; ex. ideas and ideology, analysis of capitalist society. Recognition of material conditions in capitalist society (ex. role of economy) Main focus was on looking at ideological aspects of capitalist society dialectically. Addresses con icts and contradictions connected to ideology. Hegelian marxism ii (antonio gramsci: biographical details. Italian net-marxist (wrote in 1920s and 30s) An intellectual and political activist (leader of the italian communist party) Opposed to fascist regime of benito mussolini. Fascism = an authoritarian and extreme right-wing system of government (conservative) Saw gramsci as a threat arrested by mussolini"s regime put on trial on trumped up charges (not legitimate) put in prison on long-term sentence. Did theoretical writing in prison for years in series of notebooks and then died in prison notebooks were smuggled out of italy eventually published as.
