Theft of Gramsci

Autor(en)

Agnieszka Pasieka

Abstrakt

Drawing on ethnographic research with radical right-wing activists in Italy and Poland, my article reflects on the ways in which the Gramscian framework may enhance our understanding of the present-day political landscape. Gramsci’s role in the article is threefold. First, since he was a keen observer of fascist developments, I relate his observations on fascism and inquire into their relevance for understanding the rise of the far right today. Second, I explore the agendas of the movements I studied through the Gramscian lens. Inspired by the special issue’s editors, I examine the extent to which Gramsci’s concept of “common sense” is helpful for analyzing contemporary far-right activism. Third, I relate my own ethnographic observation to analyses of a broader terrain of far-right politics to shed light on the phenomenon of “far-right Gramscianism.” Bringing together all these observations on the radical right, “common sense” and Gramsci’s legacy, I reflect on the complex interrelationship between the radical right and the radical left.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Journal

Dialectical Anthropology

Band

46

Seiten

417–436

Anzahl der Seiten

20

ISSN

1573-0786

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-022-09681-6

Publikationsdatum

2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504009 Ethnologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Anthropology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/fd84093b-07d5-4cfa-990f-cbc110842a07