Name: Letters From Prison, Volume 1
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Author: Antonio Gramsci

Type

Physical Book

Author

Antonio Gramsci

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Year

1993

Language

English

Pages

374

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0231075529

ISBN13

9780231075527

Synopsis "Letters From Prison, Volume 1 "

Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) was one of the most original political thinkers in Western Marxism and an exceptional intellectual. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926, Gramsci died before fully regaining his freedom, yet he wrote extensive letters while incarcerated, rich with insight into the physical and psychological tortures of prison. In meticulous detail, Gramsci records how political prisoners, himself included, contend with the fear of illness and death and the rules and regulations that threaten to efface their individuality. Forming an incomparable link between Gramsci's intellectual passion and his emotional vulnerability, Letters from Prison shows a man reconstructing his life while being separated from it, struggling to recapture the primary relationships that once defined his identity. Frank Rosengarten divides more than four hundred Gramsci letters into two companion volumes, complete with a chronology of the thinker's crucial life experiences, an introduction that sheds light on the main experiences and themes in the letters, biographical notes on his correspondents, and a bibliography of works cited in his letters.

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Antonio Gramsci fue un intelectual, filósofo marxista, político y periodista italiano (1891-1937) conocido por sus aportes al pensamiento marxista, especialmente en los conceptos de hegemonía cultural e intelectuales orgánicos. Fundó el Partido Comunista de Italia en 1921 y fue encarcelado por el régimen fascista en 1926, durante cuyo encarcelamiento escribió su obra más importante, los Cuadernos de la Cárcel, publicada póstumamente. Murió a los 46 años a causa de los problemas de salud que desarrolló en prisión

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