1st Edition

Antonio Gramsci Beyond Marxism and Postmodernism

By Renate Holub Copyright 1992
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides the first detailed account of Gramsci's work in the context of current critical and socio-cultural debates. Renate Holub argues that Gramsci was ahead of his time in offering a theory of art, politics and cultural production. Gramsci's achievement is discussed particularly in relation to the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Bloch, Habermas), to Brecht's... Read more

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’.

Biography

Renate Holub (Author)