Oluthemi O'Taiwo: Gramsci seems attentive to the complex composition of non-ruling classes. He says that in certain given conditions, certain parties represent a single social group. The parliament is often what Gramsci says, a talking shop where people take positions, but nothing actually happens., he writes.
Featuring Michael Denning on Antonio Gramsci. Part one of an expansive two-part interview.
Read the passages of Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Dan read to prepare: thedigradio.com/gramscinotebooks
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