Joseph Francese is Professor at Michigan State University. He is Senior Editor of Italian Culture, and is the author of numerous articles on topics in Renaissance and contemporary literature. He has written monographs on Pasolini, postmodern narrative, and Italian cultural politics in the 1950s. His most recent book is Socially Symbolic Acts: The Historicizing Fictions of Umberto Eco, Vincenzo Consolo, and Antonio Tabucchi.

• Introduction 1. Gramsci’s Conceptions Of Political Organization 2. Reading Gramsci Now 3. Sinking Roots: Using Gramsci In Contemporary Britain 4. Gramsci Now: Philology And Philosophy Of Praxis 5. "Once Again On The Organic Capacities Of The Working Class:" Antonio Gramsci As A Theorist Of Labor 6. The Uses And Abuses Of Gramsci: Hegemony And American Politics 7. Pessimism Of The Intelligence, Optimism Of The Will: Political Agency And World Order In An Age Of ‘Empire’ 8. Gramsci, In And On Media - Marcia Landy 9. Common Sense In Gramsci 10. The Contemporary Relevance Of Gramsci’s Views On Italy’s "Southern Question" 11. Rethinking Gramsci: Class, Globalization, And Historical Bloc 12. Antonio Gramsci’s Theory Of The ‘National-Popular’ As A Strategy For Socialist Revolution

Joseph Francese is Professor at Michigan State University. He is Senior Editor of Italian Culture, and is the author of numerous articles on topics in Renaissance and contemporary literature. He has written monographs on Pasolini, postmodern narrative, and Italian cultural politics in the 1950s. His most recent book is Socially Symbolic Acts: The Historicizing Fictions of Umberto Eco, Vincenzo Consolo, and Antonio Tabucchi.

• Introduction 1. Gramsci’s Conceptions Of Political Organization 2. Reading Gramsci Now 3. Sinking Roots: Using Gramsci In Contemporary Britain 4. Gramsci Now: Philology And Philosophy Of Praxis 5. "Once Again On The Organic Capacities Of The Working Class:" Antonio Gramsci As A Theorist Of Labor 6. The Uses And Abuses Of Gramsci: Hegemony And American Politics 7. Pessimism Of The Intelligence, Optimism Of The Will: Political Agency And World Order In An Age Of ‘Empire’ 8. Gramsci, In And On Media - Marcia Landy 9. Common Sense In Gramsci 10. The Contemporary Relevance Of Gramsci’s Views On Italy’s "Southern Question" 11. Rethinking Gramsci: Class, Globalization, And Historical Bloc 12. Antonio Gramsci’s Theory Of The ‘National-Popular’ As A Strategy For Socialist Revolution

Joseph Francese is Professor at Michigan State University. He is Senior Editor of Italian Culture, and is the author of numerous articles on topics in Renaissance and contemporary literature. He has written monographs on Pasolini, postmodern narrative, and Italian cultural politics in the 1950s. His most recent book is Socially Symbolic Acts: The Historicizing Fictions of Umberto Eco, Vincenzo Consolo, and Antonio Tabucchi.

• Introduction 1. Gramsci’s Conceptions Of Political Organization 2. Reading Gramsci Now 3. Sinking Roots: Using Gramsci In Contemporary Britain 4. Gramsci Now: Philology And Philosophy Of Praxis 5. "Once Again On The Organic Capacities Of The Working Class:" Antonio Gramsci As A Theorist Of Labor 6. The Uses And Abuses Of Gramsci: Hegemony And American Politics 7. Pessimism Of The Intelligence, Optimism Of The Will: Political Agency And World Order In An Age Of ‘Empire’ 8. Gramsci, In And On Media - Marcia Landy 9. Common Sense In Gramsci 10. The Contemporary Relevance Of Gramsci’s Views On Italy’s "Southern Question" 11. Rethinking Gramsci: Class, Globalization, And Historical Bloc 12. Antonio Gramsci’s Theory Of The ‘National-Popular’ As A Strategy For Socialist Revolution