For readers encountering Gramsci for the first time, Steve Jones covers key
elements of his thought through detailed discussion and studies the historical
context of the theorist's thought, offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas
into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture and evaluates responses to
his work.
Including British, European and American examples, key topics covered here
include:
* culture
* hegemony
* intellectuals
* crisis
* Americanization.
Gramsci's work invites people to think beyond simplistic oppositions by
recasting ideological domination as hegemony: the ability of a ruling power's
values to live in the minds and lives of its subalterns as a spontaneous
expression of their own interests
Is power