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University of Wollongong

2021

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Per Una Storia Dei Gruppi Subalterni. Considerazioni Sul Quaderno 25, Marco Casalino Jan 2021

Per Una Storia Dei Gruppi Subalterni. Considerazioni Sul Quaderno 25, Marco Casalino

International Gramsci Journal

Il presente contributo cerca di approfondire lo studio del concetto di gruppo subalterno nel pensiero di Gramsci a partire dalla lettura del monografico Quaderno 25. Il lemma subalterno assume, all’interno della riflessione carceraria gramsciana, un ruolo abba-stanza significativo, soprattutto in relazione al concetto di egemonia. Il presente concetto infatti lo troviamo alla base delle riflessioni compiute dal filosofo sardo in merito allo studio sulla natura e la formazione delle due classi che subiscono in maniera diretta l’azione egemonica della classe dominante: i contadini e gli operai. L’indagine attorno al concetto di subalterno ci consente inoltre di allargare il discorso oltre …


The Nostrums Of Common Sense, Tony Mckenna Jan 2021

The Nostrums Of Common Sense, Tony Mckenna

International Gramsci Journal

This article provides a Marxist analysis of the concept of ‘common sense’. It traces the evolution of this concept – through various philosophers from Aristotle to Thomas Paine – in order to throw light on Gramsci’s own radical mobilization of the notion of ‘common sense’ as a mode of thought, and the role it plays in his broader philo-sophical system of class consciousness and hegemony. The piece seeks to both appreciate the revolutionary aspects of Gramsci’s analysis of ‘common sense’ but also to draw attention to some of its limitations. Building on this, the final part examines the way in …


Common Sense / Senso Comune: Gramsci Dictionary, Guido Liguori Jan 2021

Common Sense / Senso Comune: Gramsci Dictionary, Guido Liguori

International Gramsci Journal

This is an abstract of the entry on “Common sense” (translated into English) published in the Dizionario gramsciano (Gramsci Dictionary). There exist more than one “common senses” distinguishable by area, social stratum and period, continually enriched with scientific notions, and standing in-between folklore and the philosophy of the scholars. It is a “disorderly aggregate of philosophical conceptions” in which “whatever one likes” may be found. It must be subjected to critique, since it is often connotated by the various forms of conservatism. It is a social group’s most wide-spread and often implicit ideology, and dialectically related to philosophy, meaning that …


“Good Sense” In The Twenty-First Century, Robert P. Jackson Jan 2021

“Good Sense” In The Twenty-First Century, Robert P. Jackson

International Gramsci Journal

This is the abstract of a review in English by Robert P. Jackson of the book by Kate Crehan, Gramsci’s Common Sense. Inequality and its Narratives (Durham, Duke University Press 2016).