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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 29 MIN

2. Gramsci & Capitalist State Development

from Gramsci and the Struggle for Democratic Communism · host Michael Wayne

In this, episode 2, I am going to give a brief introduction to Gramsci’s biography and then talk about his analysis of Italian history from the mid-nineteenth century through to the 1920s and the rise of fascism.  I will talk of elite hegemony, revolutionary hegemony and passive revolution: key Gramscian terms.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Apr 6, 2026

In this, episode 2, I am going to give a brief introduction to Gramsci’s biography and then talk about his analysis of Italian history from the mid-nineteenth century through to the 1920s and the rise of fascism.  I will talk of elite hegemony, revolutionary hegemony and passive revolution: key Gramscian terms.

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