Prison Notebooks

Authors: Antonio Gramsci

Key Ideas

1. Gramsci's Prison Notebooks is a collection of writings by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci while he was imprisoned by the fascist regime in Italy.

2. The notebooks were written between 1929 and 1935 and contain his thoughts on a wide range of topics including politics, culture, and philosophy.

3. Gramsci's main concern in the notebooks was the question of how revolutionary change could occur in the context of advanced capitalist societies.

4. Gramsci introduced the concept of 'hegemony' as a way to understand how ruling classes maintain their power through the consent of the ruled.

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Quiz

1. What is the main concern of Antonio Gramsci in his Prison Notebooks?

A. How to maintain the ruling class's power.

B. How to achieve revolutionary change in advanced capitalist societies.

C. How to establish a communist society.

D. How to reform the prison system.

2. What does Gramsci mean by 'hegemony'?

A. The use of force and violence to maintain social order.

B. The voluntary acceptance of the ruling class's ideology by the subordinate classes.

C. The ability of the ruling class to shape the norms, values, and beliefs of society.

D. The concept of organic intellectuals.

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