Gramsci was a subaltern intellectual of his own generation. He never disowned the electricity of those moments, which he saw were greater than strikes. Another figure who you can quote is W.E.B. Du Bois. Gramsci's notes go back to the 1860s and how they get to the 1930s.
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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