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	{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}		{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}
	'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].		'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==

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	Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''.		Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''.
	In 1921, Gramsci and several other Marxists split from the Socialist Party and founded the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCd'I) in Livorno. Like many similar splits at the time in Europe, it involved revolutionary Marxists, Gramsci among them, splitting from a [[reformism\|reformist]] party and forming a [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]]-affiliated organization. Gramsci, as a leading figure in the PCd'I, participated in several Comintern meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>		In 1921, Gramsci and several other Marxists split from the Socialist Party and founded the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCd'I) in Livorno. Like many similar splits at the time in Europe, it involved revolutionary Marxists, Gramsci among them, splitting from a [[reformism\|reformist]] party and forming a [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]]-affiliated organization. Gramsci, as a leading figure in the PCd'I, participated in several Comintern meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>
	After [[Amadeo Bordiga]], founding leader of the ~~PCI~~, was arrested in 1923, Gramsci in 1924 became the general secretary of the PCd'I in 1924. That same year, he was elected as a deputy in the Italian parliament.		After [[Amadeo Bordiga]], founding leader of the PCd'I, was arrested in 1923, Gramsci in 1924 became the general secretary of the PCd'I in 1924. That same year, he was elected as a deputy in the Italian parliament.

	== Ideological contributions ==		== Ideological contributions ==

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	=== Role of intellectuals ===		=== Role of intellectuals ===
	In addition to his work on cultural hegemony, Gramsci also made significant contributions to ~~our~~ understanding of the role of [[intellectuals]] within society. He argued that every social class generates its own intellectuals, who play a key role in establishing and maintaining that class's cultural hegemony.<ref>Notebook 10, §44: This passage delves into the role of intellectuals in the creation and propagation of hegemony.</ref>		In addition to his work on cultural hegemony, Gramsci also made significant contributions to the Marxist understanding of the role of [[intellectuals]] within society. He argued that every social class generates its own intellectuals, who play a key role in establishing and maintaining that class's cultural hegemony.<ref>Notebook 10, §44: This passage delves into the role of intellectuals in the creation and propagation of hegemony.</ref>

	Gramsci distinguished between "traditional" intellectuals, who see themselves as autonomous and independent from the dominant social class, and "organic" intellectuals, who are directly tied to the class for which they articulate ideas and strategies. Gramsci argued that these organic intellectuals play a critical role in enabling the ruling class to exercise cultural hegemony.		Gramsci distinguished between "traditional" intellectuals, who see themselves as autonomous and independent from the dominant social class, and "organic" intellectuals, who are directly tied to the class for which they articulate ideas and strategies. Gramsci argued that these organic intellectuals play a critical role in enabling the ruling class to exercise cultural hegemony.

	Gramsci believed revolutionary intellectuals should collect and refine the ideas of the masses and then encourage them to put them into practice.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2017\|title=Red Star over the Third World\|chapter=The Lungs of Russia\|page=50\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=New Delhi\|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>		Gramsci believed revolutionary intellectuals should collect and refine the ideas of the masses and then encourage them to put them into practice.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2017\|title=Red Star over the Third World\|chapter=The Lungs of Russia\|page=50\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=New Delhi\|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>

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	Notebook 13, §17: Here Gramsci discusses the balance of force and consent in the process of maintaining state power.\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/index.htm}}</ref> Gramsci considers this an essential part of the struggle for communism.		Notebook 13, §17: Here Gramsci discusses the balance of force and consent in the process of maintaining state power.\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/index.htm}}</ref> Gramsci considers this an essential part of the struggle for communism.

	=== ~~The role~~ of intellectuals ===		=== Role of intellectuals ===
	In addition to his work on cultural hegemony, Gramsci also made significant contributions to our understanding of the role of [[intellectuals]] within society. He argued that every social class generates its own intellectuals, who play a key role in establishing and maintaining that class's cultural hegemony.<ref>Notebook 10, §44: This passage delves into the role of intellectuals in the creation and propagation of hegemony.</ref>		In addition to his work on cultural hegemony, Gramsci also made significant contributions to our understanding of the role of [[intellectuals]] within society. He argued that every social class generates its own intellectuals, who play a key role in establishing and maintaining that class's cultural hegemony.<ref>Notebook 10, §44: This passage delves into the role of intellectuals in the creation and propagation of hegemony.</ref>

	Gramsci distinguished between "traditional" intellectuals, who see themselves as autonomous and independent from the dominant social class, and "organic" intellectuals, who are directly tied to the class for which they articulate ideas and strategies. Gramsci argued that these organic intellectuals play a critical role in enabling the ruling class to exercise cultural hegemony.		Gramsci distinguished between "traditional" intellectuals, who see themselves as autonomous and independent from the dominant social class, and "organic" intellectuals, who are directly tied to the class for which they articulate ideas and strategies. Gramsci argued that these organic intellectuals play a critical role in enabling the ruling class to exercise cultural hegemony.

			Gramsci believed revolutionary intellectuals should collect and refine the ideas of the masses and then encourage them to put them into practice.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2017\|title=Red Star over the Third World\|chapter=The Lungs of Russia\|page=50\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=New Delhi\|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>
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	{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}		{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}

	'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].		'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].

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	{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}		{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}

	'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by ~~the~~ [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime of~~[[Benito Mussolini]]; Gramsci eventually died~~ in prison in 1937 ~~due to~~ a mix of several health ~~problems~~.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].		'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==

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	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
	Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''. In 1921, he founded the Italian Communist Party in Livorno and ~~participated in several~~ [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]] meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>		Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''.
			In 1921, Gramsci and several other Marxists split from the Socialist Party and founded the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCd'I) in Livorno. Like many similar splits at the time in Europe, it involved revolutionary Marxists, Gramsci among them, splitting from a [[reformism\|reformist]] party and forming a [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]]-affiliated organization. Gramsci, as a leading figure in the PCd'I, participated in several Comintern meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>
			After [[Amadeo Bordiga]], founding leader of the PCI, was arrested in 1923, Gramsci in 1924 became the general secretary of the PCd'I in 1924. That same year, he was elected as a deputy in the Italian parliament.

	== Ideological contributions ==		== Ideological contributions ==

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	{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150}}		{{Infobox person\|name=Antonio Gramsci\|image=Gramsci.png\|birth_date=22 January 1891\|birth_place=Ales, Sardinia, [[Kingdom of Italy\|Italy]]\|death_date=27 April 1937\|death_place=Rome, Italy\|nationality=Italian\|image_size=150\|known=Theory of [[cultural hegemony]]<br>Writing the [[Prison Notebooks]]}}

	'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an Italian ~~communist and~~ one of the founders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]] ~~and~~ died in prison in 1937 due to a mix of several health problems.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref>		'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Marxist]], one of the founders and leaders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by the [[Fascist Italy\|fascist]] regime of[[Benito Mussolini]]; Gramsci eventually died in prison in 1937 due to a mix of several health problems.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref> In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the [[Prison Notebooks]].

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
	Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''. In 1921, he founded the Italian Communist Party in Livorno and participated in several [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]] meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>		Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''. In 1921, he founded the Italian Communist Party in Livorno and participated in several [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]] meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>

	== ~~Political positions~~ ==		== Ideological contributions ==
	Gramsci believed that trade unions tended towards [[reformism]]. Instead, he preferred factory councils that were similar to the [[Soviet (governmental body)\|Soviets]] in [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russia]], which formed [[Dual Power\|dual power]] against the bourgeois state. Gramsci also advocated for workers to educate each other on the job and train cadres to popularize [[scientific socialism]].<ref name=":0" />		Gramsci believed that trade unions tended towards [[reformism]]. Instead, he preferred factory councils that were similar to the [[Soviet (governmental body)\|Soviets]] in [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russia]], which formed [[Dual Power\|dual power]] against the bourgeois state. Gramsci also advocated for workers to educate each other on the job and train cadres to popularize [[scientific socialism]].<ref name=":0" />

			=== Cultural hegemony ===
			Perhaps the most well-known of Gramsci's contributions, the concept of cultural hegemony expanded the traditional Marxist understanding of class struggle from the [[Political economy\|political-economic]] domain to the cultural and ideological ones. Gramsci argued that the [[ruling class]] maintains power not merely through force or economic control, but also through cultural and ideological means. In Gramsci's view, the ruling class propagates its own values, norms, and ideologies in society, causing these to be accepted as common sense or natural by subordinate classes. In contrast, a revolutionary class can contest cultural hegemony by disseminating its own (e.g. proletarian) ideology.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1929--1935\|title=Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Notebook 1, §44-§48: This section has important early formulations of the concept of hegemony in relation to the state and civil society.<br>
			Notebook 5, §78-§80: Here Gramsci reflects on state power, civil society, and the complex interplay of consent and coercion in maintaining cultural hegemony.<br>
			Notebook 13, §17: Here Gramsci discusses the balance of force and consent in the process of maintaining state power.\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/index.htm}}</ref> Gramsci considers this an essential part of the struggle for communism.

			=== The role of intellectuals ===
			In addition to his work on cultural hegemony, Gramsci also made significant contributions to our understanding of the role of [[intellectuals]] within society. He argued that every social class generates its own intellectuals, who play a key role in establishing and maintaining that class's cultural hegemony.<ref>Notebook 10, §44: This passage delves into the role of intellectuals in the creation and propagation of hegemony.</ref>

			Gramsci distinguished between "traditional" intellectuals, who see themselves as autonomous and independent from the dominant social class, and "organic" intellectuals, who are directly tied to the class for which they articulate ideas and strategies. Gramsci argued that these organic intellectuals play a critical role in enabling the ruling class to exercise cultural hegemony.
	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Communists]]		[[Category:Communists]]

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	'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an Italian communist and one of the founders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]] and died in prison in 1937 due to a mix of several health problems.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref>		'''Antonio Gramsci''' was an Italian communist and one of the founders of the [[Italian Communist Party]]. In 1926, he was imprisoned by [[Benito Mussolini]] and died in prison in 1937 due to a mix of several health problems.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Antonio Gramsci\|year=1971\|title=Selections from the Prison Notebooks\|chapter=Introduction\|page=xvii–xcvi\|city=New York City\|publisher=International Publishers\|isbn=071780397X\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4vFJ-3jh6sC&dq=isbn:071780397X&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0otjLgsj1AhXckWoFHYfEBVcQ6AF6BAgCEAI}}</ref>

			== Political career ==
			Antonio Gramsci joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] in 1913. In 1919, he founded a socialist newspaper called ''L'Ordine Nuovo''. In 1921, he founded the Italian Communist Party in Livorno and participated in several [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Comintern]] meetings in the 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Nicholas Stender\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist\|date=2021-01-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170247/https://www.liberationschool.org/antonio-gramsci/\|archive-date=2022-01-22\|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref>

			== Political positions ==
			Gramsci believed that trade unions tended towards [[reformism]]. Instead, he preferred factory councils that were similar to the [[Soviet (governmental body)\|Soviets]] in [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russia]], which formed [[Dual Power\|dual power]] against the bourgeois state. Gramsci also advocated for workers to educate each other on the job and train cadres to popularize [[scientific socialism]].<ref name=":0" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Communists]]		[[Category:Communists]]