Antonio Gramsci

About Antonio Gramsci

Theorized cultural hegemony, rule through consent rather than force. Organic intellectuals give each class its voice. Wrote thousands of pages of Prison Notebooks under Fascist censorship. The war of position precedes the war of maneuver. Health destroyed by prison, he died at 46. Liked to quote the line about pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will.