{"title":"Antonio Gramsci","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntonio Gramsci’s writings delve into the intricate dynamics of power, culture, and society, offering profound insights into political theory and social philosophy. His works challenge readers to reconsider the role of ideology and the mechanisms through which social groups maintain or contest dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his reflective \u003cem\u003eLetters from Prison\u003c\/em\u003e to explorations of marginalised communities in \u003cem\u003eSubaltern Social Groups\u003c\/em\u003e, Gramsci invites a thoughtful engagement with concepts that continue to influence contemporary discussions in \u003cstrong\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"subaltern-social-groups-by-antonio-gramsci-9780231190398","title":"Subaltern Social Groups","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio Gramsci is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in Western Marxism. Among the most central aspects of his enduring intellectual legacy is the concept of subalternity. Developed in the work of scholars such as Gayatri Spivak and Ranajit Guha, subalternity has been extraordinarily influential across fields of inquiry stretching from cultural studies, literary theory, and postcolonial criticism to anthropology, sociology, criminology, and disability studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost every author whose work touches upon subalterns alludes to Gramsci's formulation of the concept. Yet Gramsci's original writings on the topic have not yet appeared in full in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his prison notebooks, Gramsci devoted a single notebook to the theme of subaltern social groups. Notebook 25, which he entitled \"On the Margins of History (History of Subaltern Social Groups),\" contains a series of observations on subaltern groups from ancient Rome and medieval communes to the period after the Italian Risorgimento, in addition to discussions of the state, intellectuals, the methodological criteria of historical analysis, and reflections on utopias and philosophical novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the first complete translation of Gramsci's notes on the topic. In addition to a comprehensive translation of Notebook 25 along with Gramsci's first draft and related notes on subaltern groups, it includes a critical apparatus that clarifies Gramsci's history, culture, and sources and contextualises these ideas against his earlier writings and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubaltern Social Groups\u003c\/em\u003e is an indispensable account of the development of one of the crucial concepts in twentieth-century thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000756781292,"sku":"9780231190398","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7960683482270.jpg?v=1763302267"},{"product_id":"letters-from-prison-by-antonio-gramsci-9780231075534","title":"Letters from Prison","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio Gramsci (1891–1937) was one of the most original political thinkers in Western Marxism and an exceptional intellectual. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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. Forming an incomparable link between Gramsci's intellectual passion and his emotional vulnerability, \u003cem\u003eLetters from Prison\u003c\/em\u003e shows a man reconstructing his life while being separated from it, struggling to recapture the primary relationships that once defined his identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrank 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596762071276,"sku":"9780231075534","price":118.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/806a5b5adca4f04dc38d28470d437bcc.jpg?v=1777956367"},{"product_id":"prison-notebooks-by-antonio-gramsci-9780231157551","title":"Prison Notebooks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eColumbia University Press's\u003c\/em\u003e multivolume \u003cem\u003ePrison Notebooks\u003c\/em\u003e is the only complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's seminal writings in English. Based on the authoritative Italian edition of Gramsci's work, \u003cem\u003eQuaderni del Carcere\u003c\/em\u003e, this comprehensive translation presents the intellectual as he ought to be read and understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith critical notes that clarify Gramsci's history, culture, and sources; an index of names; and a contextualisation of the thinker's ideas against his earlier writings and letters, this set is an indispensable resource for scholars in the humanities and social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis set includes notebooks 1 through 8 with all attendant notes and materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597538443500,"sku":"9780231157551","price":180.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231157551-prison-notebooks.jpg?v=1777956522"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/antonio-gramsci.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}