The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
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The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
The Light Which Went Out
Published: November 20, 1915
In Il Grido del Popolo
I will read a little from a translation of it in Pedro Cavalcanti and Paul Piccone’s History, Philosophy and Culture in the Young Gramsci.
At the death of an Italian literary critic Gramsci pays his respect by acknowledging his skill of writing about poetry that was accessible to the uninitiated, the uneducated. In this episode we will discuss:
- [ ] Catholic Scholasticism in the Middle Ages vs. St. Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Movement as a metaphor for…
- [ ] …The working class and the gatekeepers that keep them from being able to appreciate high culture
#catholicism
#dante
#workingclassculture
The Working Class Intelligentsia
The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
