Gramsci, Language, and Translation

Peter Ives, PhD, is associate professor of politics at the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada. He is the author of Gramsci's Politics of Language: Engaging the Bakhtin Circle and the Frankfurt School (2004). Rocco Lacorte, MA, is a doctoral candidate in Italian Literature at the University of Chicago.

• Part 1 Introduction—Translating Gramsci on Language, Translation, and PoliticsPart 2 Part I—Gramsci's Linguistics and Gramsci's MarxismChapter 3 Chapter 1—The Linguistic Roots of Gramsci's Non-MarxismChapter 4 Chapter 2—Linguistics and Marxism in the Thought of Antonio GramsciChapter 5 Chapter 3—Language from Nature to History: More on Gramsci the LinguistChapter 6 Chapter 4—Linguistics and the Political Question of LanguageChapter 7 Chapter 5—Gramsci the LinguistChapter 8 Chapter 6—Gramsci from One Century to AnotherPart 9 Part II—Language, Translation, Politics, and CultureChapter 10 Chapter 7—Translation and TranslatabilityChapter 11 Chapter 8—Aunt Alene on Her Bicycle: Antonio Gramsci as Translator from German and as Translation TheoristChapter 12 Chapter 9—On 'Translatability' in Gramsci's Prison NotebooksChapter 13 Chapter 10—Translations and Metaphors in GramsciChapter 14 Chapter 11—Translatability, Language, and Freedom in Gramsci's Prison NotebooksPart 15 Part III—Politics, Theory, and MethodChapter 16 Chapter 12—Language and Politics in GramsciChapter 17 Chapter 13—Gramsci's Subversion of the Language of PoliticsChapter 18 Chapter 14—Some Notes on Gramsci the LinguistChapter 19 Chapter 15—The Lexicon of Gramsci's Philosophy of PraxisChapter 20 Chapter 16—Subalternity and Language: Enabling the Subaltern to Speak

In the crowded field of Gramsci studies, this is a gem of rare beauty. It provides an English readership with a wide-ranging introduction to an important set of insights, developed initially in Italy but taken up elsewhere, into Gramsci's theory, methods, the key concept of hegemony, his approach to the language question, and more general issues of political strategy. The contributors are the key figures in this debate and, together, they productively highlight the role of arguments about language, philology, and translation for understanding Gramsci's working methods and his theoretical and political conclusions. With a strong introduction and some excellent translations of earlier contributions, this book will enable readers to gain a better understanding of Gramsci's place in Italian culture and politics as well as ideas about how to develop his arguments in their own work. I recommend this text wholeheartedly.