Introduction. 1. Gramsci and Philosophy. 2. Materialism. 3. Gramsci's Conception of "Organic." 4. Human Nature. 5. Materialism and the Possibility of Ethical Life. 6. Concluding Remarks.
Biography
Esteve Morera is Associate Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science at York University. He is the author of Gramsci's Historicism: A Realist Interpretation (1990) and a number of articles on Gramsci and Vico. His research interests include social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, critical theory, and continental philosophy, especially Vico, Kant, Marx, Croce, and Gramsci.
"Esteve Morera has written a lucid and provocative book that challenges Gramsci’s conception of materialism. Through a detailed analysis of the Prison Notebooks, Morera demonstrates how philosophical materialism connects to understandings of the philosophy of praxis, organicism, human nature, ethics, and freedom. Ultimately, as Morera argues, returning to the question of materialism has the potential to provide the foundation for ethico-political praxis, the revitalization of the socialist project, and the creation of a new civilization."
—Marcus E. Green, Otterbein University
