ANTONIO GRAMSCI - La bataille des idées

In this fifth episode of Powers, we meet Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist thinker, communist activist, imprisoned by Mussolini's fascist regime, and author of the famous Prison Notebooks. Why do the dominated often accept the order that dominates them? How does a social class manage to pass off its particular interests as the general interest? And why is power also gained through ideas, culture, education, the media, language, and common sense? For Gramsci, power is not limited to the State, the police, or institutions. It also rests on hegemony, that is, the capacity of a social group to have its worldview accepted as natural, legitimate, and self-evident. This episode revisits his life, from Sardinia to Turin, from his involvement in the workers' movement to his arrest by fascism, before exploring his key concepts: hegemony, civil society, war of position, the modern prince, and organic intellectuals. ---------------------------------- 👨🏻‍🏫 Who is Thérence Carvalho? A professor at the University of Nantes, Thérence Carvalho holds a doctorate in law and is a professor of law. 🌐 Official website: https://www.therencecarvalho.fr/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/th%C3%A9rence-... 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therence.carvalho/ ---------------------------------- 🙏 Thank you to Malo Perpoil-Joubin for his invaluable help in preparing this episode. 🔔 Subscribe to follow future episodes of Powers. 🎵 Sarabande by George Frideric Handel, performed by Joel Cummins