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mind of his time. He was a man who was imprisoned for his beliefs and his arguments, dying in prison, yet a man whose works still draw the attention of
many intellectuals today. The following paper examines the ideas of Gramsci, discussing their significance or relevance today. Gramsci Gramsci, born in Italy on January 1891, was a victim
to great poverty as a child. "While a student in Italy Gramsci became involved in politics. He joined the Italian Socialist Party in 1914 and inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution
he took an active part in the workers occupation of factories in 1918" (Education on the Internet & Teaching History Online, 2004). Then, "In 1922 he traveled to Moscow as
a member of the Communist International and remained in Moscow for a year. It was the beginning of the Stalinist period" (Luz?rraga, 2000). While there "became leader of the communists
in parliament. An outspoken critic of Benito Mussolini and his fascist government, he was arrested and imprisoned in 1928" (Education on the Internet & Teaching History Online, 2004). As for
Gramscis theories or ideas, there are many ways in which to examine his complex thinking which seemed to be, on one hand, incredibly socialist, while also maintaining some other perspectives
as well. One author, in discussing what Gramsci and his ideas were all about states that one should start understanding Gramsci by understanding "his concept of hegemony....For Gramsci ,hegemony is
not mere dominance by force. Rather, it is the set of ideas by which dominant groups in a society secure the consent of subordinate groups to their rule" (Luz?rraga, 2000).
In this we clearly see the concept of "consent" being used, much like Machiavellian theories. "A governing class must succeed in persuading the governed to accept the moral, political and
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