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Hegemony and Power On the Relation between Gramsci and Machiavelli Benedetto Fontana |
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Presents a comparative and textual exploration of Gramsci's interpretation of Machiavelli's political anlayses. This valuable contribution to our understanding of Gramsci includes a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge, the new principality, the concept of the people, and the relation between thought and action, to Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, moral and intellectual reform, and the collective will. "Fontana's angle of entry is a crucial one, for while Gramsci has indeed survived with honor even in self-designated 'post-Marxist' thinking, the sticking point remains Gramsci's modernist insistence on the revolutionary necessity of an organized, mass-based political party. The insight and the awareness of both historical circumstances and philosophical positioning that Fontana brings to bear on Gramsci's reading of Machiavelli seems to me an indispensable corrective to an all-to-familiar 'post' assumption that a party politics engaged in fundamental, global conflicts is merely a thing of the past." —American Political Science Review "Engaging and thoroughly readable. Through the lens of Gramsci's writings, Fontana opens an unexpected and exciting space for dialogue between Florentine republicanism and Marxist humanism. This study will interest and provide a useful text for students concerned with the nature of modern politics in general. A valuable resource for anyone concerned with the problem of ideology, political knowledge and mass movements." —Millennium: Journal of International Studies "This excellent work is the first book-length study on the relation between Gramsci and Machiavelli to be published in English." —Science and Society "As a study of reconstruction, as an antidote to the near-hegemony of postmodern discourse, Fontana's study serves well. In an odd but nonetheless productive blending of elements from the work of Gramsci and Arendt, Fontana ably counters talk of the 'end of politics', and he cogently defends 'the vitality and centrality of politics'" —Southern Humanities Review 228 pages | 1993 |
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