Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Guido Liguori -- Copyright Page / Guido Liguori -- Preface to the Second Edition / Guido Liguori -- Preface to the First Edition / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 1 Gramsci in the Writings of His Contemporaries (1922-38) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 2 The Identity and Tradition of the Party (1939-47) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 3 Diamat and the Notebooks (1948-55) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 4 Gramsci and the Italian Road to Socialism (1956-59) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 5 From the 'New History' of the Communist Party to the Crisis of Historicism (1960-69) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 6 The Golden Age (1970-75) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 7 The Apogee and Crisis of Gramscian Culture (1976-77) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 8 Ten Years of 'Blackout' (1978-86) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 9 Between Politics and Philology (1987-96) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 10 Liberal Democrat or Critical Communist? (1997-2000) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 11 Gramsci in the Twenty-First Century (2000-08) / Guido Liguori -- Chapter 12 Gramsci's Return (2009-12) / Guido Liguori -- Bibliography / Guido Liguori -- Index of Names / Guido Liguori.

Antonio Gramsci is one of the most globally celebrated figures of twentieth-century Italy, renowned in the world for his contributions to philosophy, political theory, sociology, cultural studies and historiography. Yet his work has been equally discussed, debated and contested within Italy itself, a constant reference point - whether in fervent agreement or angry polemics - for parties and tendencies across the Italian left from the late 1910s down to our present day. In this fundamental overview of Gramsci's reception in Italy and his contested legacy within a range of traditions, Guido Liguori provides a balanced view of the many uses to which Gramsci's thought has been put, with a particular focus on the important relationship with the Italian Communist Party leader, Palmiro Togliatti. This book was first published in Italian as Gramsci conteso: Storia di un dibattito 1922-1996 by Editori Riuniti, 1996 (2nd Ed. 2012).

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