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Gramsci

American  
[gram-shee, grahm-shee] / ˈgræm ʃi, ˈgrɑm ʃi /

noun

  1. Antonio 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theorist: a founder of the Italian Communist Party 1921.


Gramsci British  
/ ˈɡramʃɪ /

noun

  1. Antonio. 1891–1937, Italian politician and Marxist theorist: founder (1921) of the Italian Communist party. His important works were written during his imprisonment (1926–37) by the Fascists

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Gramsci wrote these words during the crisis unleashed by the onset of Soviet communism, Mussolini’s fascism and the Great Depression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Speakers summoned the grand ideas of figures like the Pope, Homer, Dostoyevsky, Leo Strauss, Tocqueville and Gramsci.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

While there, you can also visit the tomb of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian philosopher, writer and founder of the Italian Communist Party, who was imprisoned until near death for opposing fascism.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Gramsci brilliantly played with these terms, extending them as he grappled with the generalized crisis of authority in his own time.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2021

During the years 1919-20 Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist, adopted as his own the maxim ‘pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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