Antonio Gramsci

The Modern Prince

Essays on revolution, political strategy, and intellectual leadership

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Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci

Italian Marxist theorist whose concept of cultural hegemony—the way ruling classes maintain power through culture and consent rather than force—has been enormously influential in cultural studies and political theory. He wrote the Prison Notebooks while imprisoned by Mussolini. His thought is the foundation of Western Marxism.

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