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Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Gramsci, Antonio
Publisher: International Publishers, New York, USAYear First Published: {17944 Selections from the Prison Notebooks SELECTIONS FROM THE PRISON NOTEBOOKS Gramsci, Antonio International Publishers New York USA Gramsci's Notebooks cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. 1951 1973 483pp BC17944-PrisonNotebooks.jpg B Book 07187-0397-X 320.533 A selection of texts, from the Notebooks written by Gramsci in prison between 1929 and 1935, translated into English. The texts cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. The book is divided into three main sections, "Problems of History and Culture," "Note on Politics," and "The Philosophy of Praxis," which are further divided into sub-sections. Part one contains the sub-sections "The Intellectuals," "On Education," and "Notes on Italian History." Part two is divided into "The Modern Prince," "State and Civil Society," and "Americanism and Fordism," and Part three has two sections titled "The Study of Philosophy" and "Problems of Marxism." Each sub-section has a detailed individual introduction in addition to the book's general introduction which gives "a brief outline of the political and intellectual experience which formed, inevitably, the background to and the point of departure for Gramsci's writing during his imprisonment". Individual chapters contain explanatory notes by English editors and translators as well as Gramsci's own notes. <br> <br>[Abstract by Nabeeha Chaudhary] <br> <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>Introduction <br> <br>I. PROBLEMS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE <br> <br>1. The Intellectuals <br>Introduction <br>The Formation of the Intellectuals <br>The Different Position of urban and Rural-Type Intellectuals <br> <br>2. On Education <br>Introduction <br>The Organisation of Education and Culture <br>In Search of the Educational principle <br> <br>3. Notes on Italian History <br>Introduction <br>History of the Subaltern Classes: Methodological Criteria <br>The Problem of Political Leadership in the Formation and Development of the Nation and the modern State in Italy <br>The City-Countryside Relationship <br>The Moderates and the Intellectuals <br>The Function of Piedmont <br>The Concept of Passive Revolution <br>First Epilogue <br>Material for a Critical Essay on Croce's Two Histories <br>The History of Europe seen as "Passive Revolution" <br> <br>II NOTES ON POLITICS <br> <br>1. The Modern Prince <br>Introduction <br>Brief Notes on Machiavelli's Politics <br>Machiavelli and Marx <br>Politics as an Autonomous Science <br>Elements of Politics <br>The Political party <br>Conceptions of the World and Practical Stances <br>Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Economism <br>Prediction and Perspective <br>Economic-Corporate Phase of the State <br>Analysis of Situation. Relations of Force <br>On Bureaucracy <br>The Theorem of Fixed Proportions <br>Number and Quality in Representative Systems of Government <br>Continuity and Tradition <br>Spontaneity and Conscious Leadership <br>Against Byzantinism <br>The Collective Worker <br>Voluntarism and Social Masses <br> <br>2. State and Civil Society <br>Introduction <br>Political Parties in Periods of Organic Crisis <br>Caesarism <br>The Fable of the Beaver <br>Agitation and Propaganda <br>The "Philosophy of "Epoch" <br>Political Struggle and Military War <br>The Transition from the War of Manoeuvre (Frontal Attack) to the War of Position <br>Politics and Military Science <br>Internationalism and National Policy <br>Problems of the "Collective Man" or of "Social Conformism" <br>Sociology and Political Science <br>Hegemony (Civil Society) and Separation of Powers <br>The Conception of Law <br>Parliament and the State <br>Self-criticism and the Hypocrisy of Self-criticism <br>The State <br>Organisation of National Societies <br>Who is a Legislator? <br>Religion, State, Party <br>State and Parties <br>Statolatry <br>"Merits" of the Ruling Classes <br>Historical Belles-Letters <br>"Subversive" <br>"Wave of Materialism" and Crisis of Authority" <br> <br>3. Americanism and Fordism <br>Introduction <br>Americanism and Fordism <br>Rationalisation and the Demographic Composition of Europe <br>Super-City and Super-Country <br>Financial Autarky of Industry <br>Some Aspects of the Sexual Question <br>Feminism and "Masculinism" <br>"Animality" and Industrialism <br>Rationalisation of Production and Work <br>Taylor and Americanism <br>Quantity and Quality <br>Taylorism and Mechanisation of the Worker <br>High Wages <br>Shares, Debentures and government Bonds <br>American and European Civilisation <br> <br>III. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRAXIS <br> <br>1. The Study of Philosophy <br>Introduction <br>Some Preliminary Points of Reference <br>Problems of Philosophy and History <br> <br>2. Problems of Marxism <br>Introduction <br>Some Problems in the Study of the Philosophy of Praxis <br>Critical Notes on an Attempt at Popular Sociology <br> <br>INDEX CX7638 1 true true false CX7638.htm [0xc001f22750 0xc001f9e990 0xc001f9ef00 0xc002061350 0xc000245e00 0xc000259cb0 0xc000278d80 0xc00029a2d0 0xc0023f5200 0xc00030c240 0xc0005045d0 0xc0000cdc50 0xc000483a10 0xc0004fd290 0xc0005a84e0 0xc0001174d0 0xc000117c50 0xc0001de210 0xc0001f8e70 0xc00053eab0 0xc0005bdd70 0xc0005f9440 0xc0009b7890 0xc000c27380 0xc0010d9110 0xc0004e6bd0 0xc000608180 0xc0006b3470 0xc000834d50 0xc0008d99b0 0xc000c3bc80 0xc001463200 0xc0003b4330 0xc00157e570 0xc001aca060 0xc001ba3440 0xc001fcc630 0xc001fcdb00 0xc00023e270 0xc000318150 0xc000351800 0xc0005d48d0 0xc00098af60 0xc000f116e0 0xc001472090 0xc0014fcba0 0xc0015ef6b0 0xc0017e7710 0xc0019331a0 0xc0019a65d0 0xc001aa4e40 0xc001cc4780 0xc0026a99e0 0xc000347080 0xc000696cc0 0xc000806ab0 0xc000d92240 0xc001078090 0xc0017d6ab0 0xc001cab8c0] Cx} Year Published: 1973 Pages: 483pp ISBN: 07187-0397-X Dewey: 320.533 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7638 Gramsci's Notebooks cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. Abstract: A selection of texts, from the Notebooks written by Gramsci in prison between 1929 and 1935, translated into English. The texts cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. The book is divided into three main sections, "Problems of History and Culture," "Note on Politics," and "The Philosophy of Praxis," which are further divided into sub-sections. Part one contains the sub-sections "The Intellectuals," "On Education," and "Notes on Italian History." Part two is divided into "The Modern Prince," "State and Civil Society," and "Americanism and Fordism," and Part three has two sections titled "The Study of Philosophy" and "Problems of Marxism." Each sub-section has a detailed individual introduction in addition to the book's general introduction which gives "a brief outline of the political and intellectual experience which formed, inevitably, the background to and the point of departure for Gramsci's writing during his imprisonment". Individual chapters contain explanatory notes by English editors and translators as well as Gramsci's own notes. [Abstract by Nabeeha Chaudhary] Table of Contents Preface Introduction I. PROBLEMS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE 1. The Intellectuals Introduction The Formation of the Intellectuals The Different Position of urban and Rural-Type Intellectuals 2. On Education Introduction The Organisation of Education and Culture In Search of the Educational principle 3. Notes on Italian History Introduction History of the Subaltern Classes: Methodological Criteria The Problem of Political Leadership in the Formation and Development of the Nation and the modern State in Italy The City-Countryside Relationship The Moderates and the Intellectuals The Function of Piedmont The Concept of Passive Revolution First Epilogue Material for a Critical Essay on Croce's Two Histories The History of Europe seen as "Passive Revolution" II NOTES ON POLITICS 1. The Modern Prince Introduction Brief Notes on Machiavelli's Politics Machiavelli and Marx Politics as an Autonomous Science Elements of Politics The Political party Conceptions of the World and Practical Stances Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Economism Prediction and Perspective Economic-Corporate Phase of the State Analysis of Situation. Relations of Force On Bureaucracy The Theorem of Fixed Proportions Number and Quality in Representative Systems of Government Continuity and Tradition Spontaneity and Conscious Leadership Against Byzantinism The Collective Worker Voluntarism and Social Masses 2. State and Civil Society Introduction Political Parties in Periods of Organic Crisis Caesarism The Fable of the Beaver Agitation and Propaganda The "Philosophy of "Epoch" Political Struggle and Military War The Transition from the War of Manoeuvre (Frontal Attack) to the War of Position Politics and Military Science Internationalism and National Policy Problems of the "Collective Man" or of "Social Conformism" Sociology and Political Science Hegemony (Civil Society) and Separation of Powers The Conception of Law Parliament and the State Self-criticism and the Hypocrisy of Self-criticism The State Organisation of National Societies Who is a Legislator? Religion, State, Party State and Parties Statolatry "Merits" of the Ruling Classes Historical Belles-Letters "Subversive" "Wave of Materialism" and Crisis of Authority" 3. Americanism and Fordism Introduction Americanism and Fordism Rationalisation and the Demographic Composition of Europe Super-City and Super-Country Financial Autarky of Industry Some Aspects of the Sexual Question Feminism and "Masculinism" "Animality" and Industrialism Rationalisation of Production and Work Taylor and Americanism Quantity and Quality Taylorism and Mechanisation of the Worker High Wages Shares, Debentures and government Bonds American and European Civilisation III. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRAXIS 1. The Study of Philosophy Introduction Some Preliminary Points of Reference Problems of Philosophy and History 2. Problems of Marxism Introduction Some Problems in the Study of the Philosophy of Praxis Critical Notes on an Attempt at Popular Sociology INDEX Subject Headings
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