
Gramsci, Organization, Crisis w/ Michael Denning
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Gramsci Is a Theorist of Organizing
Gramsci's theory of the party is a less vital legacy than his theory of organizing. His account is richer than the received US ideology of organizing, which tends to bracket ideological issues from pragmatic concerns. Gramsci reminds us that there's a long term changing of not just people's ideas on a particular issue, but that to change someone's mind about their stance on abortion is dependent on an entirely different understanding of the world and life.
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