# Antonio Gramsci (in this topic) Hub: [[Topics/Religion, Trust and Civilization/Religion, Trust and Civilization|Religion, Trust and Civilization]] · Analysis: [[Users/@noFrontMilitar/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - noFrontMilitar on Gramsci, Christianity and Hegemony (2026-10-24)|@noFrontMilitar on Gramsci (Oct 24, 2026)]] - **Who:** Italian Marxist theorist and politician (born Ales, Sardinia, Jan 22, 1891; died Rome, Apr 27, 1937). A founder of the Communist Party of Italy (1921) and its leader from 1924; editor of *L'Ordine Nuovo* and a leader of the Turin factory-council movement (1919–20). - **Prison:** arrested by the Fascist regime Nov 8, 1926, despite parliamentary immunity. Sentenced Jun 4, 1928 to 20 years, 4 months and 5 days. Held at Turi (1928–33), then under guard in clinics at Formia and Rome. Released on health grounds shortly before his death. - **Prison Notebooks:** 33 notebooks, begun Feb 8, 1929. Key concepts: hegemony, war of position vs. war of manoeuvre, the Modern Prince, organic intellectuals, common sense, philosophy of praxis, absolute historicism. See [[Vocabulary]]. - **On religion:** he admired the Catholic Church's ability to keep intellectuals and the "simple" in one doctrine (Q11 §12). But he called the philosophy of praxis "the antithesis of the Catholic" position, because it aims to raise the simple, not keep them in common sense. - **Contested reception:** the Brazilian right (Olavo de Carvalho) and the US "cultural Marxism" discourse read him as the author of a plan for cultural takeover. Academic readers stress the fragmentary, analytical nature of the Notebooks and his insistence that hegemony "must also be economic". - **In this topic:** the subject of @noFrontMilitar's Oct 24, 2026 essay; also invoked by @Kristof_Poland (Oct 23) and @brivael (Oct 24).