The Rhythm of Thought in Gramsci: A Diachronic Interpretation of Prison Notebooks (Historical Materialism Book) (Historical Materialism Book, 130)

Many Scholars Have Recently Shown Great Interest In A Diachronic Re-examination Of Antonio Gramsci's Main Theoretical-political Categories In The 'prison Notebooks'. This Method Would Uncover The Origins And Development Of Gramsci's Concepts Using The Same Method That Gramsci Himself Believed Would Allow Us To Grasp 'the Rhythm Of Thought' In Marx. The Present Work Embraces This Perspective And Puts It To Work In Two Ways. Its First Part Analyzes The Relation Between Structure And Superstructure And The Concepts Of Hegemony And The Regulated Society. Its Second Part Extends The Diachronic Analysis To The Conceptual Pairings Which Represent Alternatives To Structure-superstructure, Encompassing Questions Of Political And Cultural Organisation As Well As The Relation Between Gramsci And The Major Proponents Of Historical Materialism (marx, Engels, Lenin). 0english Translation Of 'il Ritmo Del Pensiero: Per Una Lettura Diacronica Dei Quaderni Del Carcere Di Gramsci' Published By Bibliopolis, Naples (2011). 0translated By Arianna Ponzini. By Giuseppe Cospito ; Translated By Arianna Ponzini. First Published In Italian As Il Ritmo Del Pensiero: Per Una Lettura Diacronica Dei Quaderni Del Carcere Di Gramsci By Bibliopolis, Naples, 2011. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 231-241) And Index. ‎Contents 6 ‎A Note on the Text 8 ‎Preface. Questions of Method 10 ‎Part 1. Philosophy – Politics – Economics 16 ‎Chapter 1. Structure and Superstructures 18 ‎1. Working Hypothesis 18 ‎2. The ‘Bukharinian’ Phase (from the Party School to Notebook 4, §§12 and 15: 1925–30) 21 ‎3. The ‘Centrist’ Thesis from the End of 1930 (Notebook 4, §38) 27 ‎4. The ‘Crisis’ of 1931 (Notebook 7) 34 ‎5. Moving beyond the Architectural Metaphor (Notebook 8: End of 1931–Beginning of 1932) 38 ‎6. The ‘Inertia’ of the Old Formulations (Notebooks 10, 11 and 13: 1932–3) 42 ‎7. ‘Unended Quest’ (Notebooks 10, 11, 14, 15 and 17: 1932–5) 50 ‎8. Provisional Conclusions 59 ‎Chapter 2. Hegemony 64 ‎1. Introduction 64 ‎2. ‘Posing the Issue’ 65 ‎3. Hegemony and Civil Society 70 ‎4. Hegemony and the Intellectuals 82 ‎5. Hegemony and the Party 86 ‎6. The Sources of Gramsci’s Concept of Hegemony 97 ‎7. A (Re)definition of Gramsci’s Concept of Hegemony 101 ‎Chapter 3. Regulated Society 106 ‎1. Philosophy – Politics – Economics 106 ‎2. ‘Importuning the Texts’ 110 ‎3. The Regulated Society ‘from Utopia to Science’ 112 ‎4. Towards a New Reformation? 120 ‎5. Gramsci as Critic of the ‘Critical Economy’ 128 ‎6. Toward ‘a New Economic Science’ 133 ‎Part 2. The Analysis of Several Internal Dynamics of the Notebooks 148 ‎Chapter 4. The ‘Alternatives’ to Structure-Superstructure 150 ‎1. ‘Quantity and Quality’ 151 ‎2. ‘Content and Form’ 160 ‎3. ‘Objective and Subjective’ 170 ‎4. ‘Historical Bloc’ 177 ‎Chapter 5. The Gradual Transformation in Gramsci’s Categories 183 ‎1. Methodological Premise 183 ‎2. ‘Organic’, ‘Bureaucratic’, ‘Democratic Centralism’ 184 ‎3. ‘Common Sense’ and/or ‘Good Sense’ 199 ‎4. Civil Society 214 ‎Chapter 6. Gramsci and the Marxist Tradition 222 ‎1. ‘Marx, the Author of Concrete Political and Historical Works’: Caesarism and Bonapartism 222 ‎2. Engels and the Marxist ‘Vulgate’ 232 ‎3. Conclusion: Gramsci, from Lenin to Marx 242 ‎Bibliography 246 ‎Name Index 257 ‎Subject Index 261 A Note on the TextPreface: Questions of MethodPART ONE: PHILOSOPHY-POLITICS-ECONOMICS 1. Structure and Superstructures1.1. Working hypothesis 1.2. The 'Bukharin' phase (from the party school to Notebook 4, 12 and 15: 1925-30) 1.3. The 'centrist' thesis from the end of 1930 (Notebook 4, 38)1.4. The 'crisis' of 1931 (Notebook 7)1.5. Moving beyond the architectural metaphor (Notebook 8: end of 1931 - beginning of 1932) 1.6. The 'inertia' of the old formulations (Notebooks 10, 11 and 13: 1932-3)1.7. 'Unended Quest' (Notebooks 10, 11, 14, 15 e 17: 1932-35)1.8 Provisional conclusions2. Hegemony 2.1. Introduction 2.2. 'Posing the issue'2.3. Hegemony and civil society2.4. Hegemony and the intellectuals2.5. Hegemony and the party 2.6. The sources of Gramsci's concept of hegemony2.7. A (re)definition of Gramsci's concept of hegemony3. Regulated Society3.1. Philosophy-Politics-Economics 3.2. 'Importuning the texts'3.3. The regulated society 'from Utopia to science'3.4. Towards a new Reformation?3.5. Gramsci as critic of the 'critical economy'3.6. Toward 'a new economic science'PART TWO: THE ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE NOTEBOOKS4. The 'Alternatives' to Structure-Superstructure 4.1. 'Quantity and quality'4.2. 'Content and form'4.3. 'Objective and subjective'4.4. 'Historical bloc'5. The Gradual Transformation in Gramsci's Categories5.1. Methodological premise5.2. Organic centralism Postilla 5.3. Common sense and/or good sense5.4. Civil society6. Gramsci and the Marxist Tradition 6.1. 'Marx, the author of concrete political and historical works': Caesarism and Bonapartism6.2. Engels and the Marxist vulgate6.3. Conclusion: Gramsci, from Lenin to MarxBibliographyIndex An Innovative New Interpretation Of Gramsci's Thought And His Place In The Marxist Tradition.