This book outlines essential issues of Antonio Gramsci's thought, from his relationship to other political thinkers, including Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin, and Machiavelli; the development of his key conceptual categories; and the applicability of those categories in contemporary contexts. The author demonstrates how Gramsci's revolutionary strategy begins with the knowledge of the subaltern classes' common sense, and their elements of rebellion, in order to establish a dialectical relationship between intellectuals and the masses. That relationship promotes collective intellectual progress, ultimately leading to an effective philosophy of praxis, founded on labor and a new hegemony. The book demonstrates that Gramsci's thought offers possibilities for understanding the serious crises of today.

Marcos Del Roio is Professor of Political Sciences at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil.

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Marcos Del Roio is Professor of Political Sciences at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Autonomy and Antagonism in Rosa Luxemburg and Gramsci Chapter 2: Gramsci's 'Rosa'

Chapter 3: Gramsci and Lenin

Chapter 4: Jacobinism as Mediation between the Machiavelli's Prince and Gramsci's Prince

Chapter 5: Gramsci and the Education of the Educator Chapter 6: Education as a Form of Reproduction of Hegemony and the Reverse

Chapter 7: Gramsci and Labour as the Foundation of Hegemony

Chapter 8: Gramsci and the Emancipation of the Subaltern

Chapter 9: The Globalization of Capital and the Category of Passive Revolution in Gramsci

Chapter 10: The Particularity of the Passive Revolution in Brazil: A Translation of Gramsci