Table of Contents

Part I INTRODUCTION 1 Gramsci and critical theories: towards a ‘differential pragmatics’ Part II FROM REALISM TO MODERNISM 2 To realism farewell: Gramsci, Lukics and Marxist aesthetics 3 The industrialization of culture: Gramsci with Benjamin, Brecht and the Frankfurt School 4 Gramsci’s theory of consciousness: between alienation, reification and Bloch’s ‘principle of hope’ 5 Phenomenology, linguistics, hegemony Part III BEYOND THE MODERN, BEYOND THE POSTMODERN 6 Grams & intellectual and the age of information technology, The adventures of a concept in Gramsci’s texts ‘Mode of production’ and ‘mode of information’.

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Renate Holub (Author)

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"Sassoon amply demonstrates the utility of political theory, particularly Gramsci's thought, in this collection."
-A.B. Cochran, "Choice