Titel
Theft of Gramsci? On the radical right, radical left, and common sense
Abstract
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.
Stichwort
Radical rightRadical leftGramsciCommon senseFascism
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1639160
Erschienen in
Titel
Dialectical Anthropology
Band
46
Ausgabe
4
ISSN
0304-4092
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Seitenanfang
417
Seitenende
436
Publication
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© The Author(s) 2023

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