The Hidden Super Powers of Gramsci

[Crux]

"We can see that in putting the question "what is man?" what we mean is: what can man become? That is, can man dominate his own destiny, can he "make himself," can he create his own life? We maintain therefore that man is a process and, more exactly, the process of his actions. If you think about it, the question itself "what is man?" is not an abstract or "objective" question. It is born of our reflection about ourselves and about others, and we want to know, in relation to what we have thought and seen, what we are and what we can become; whether we really are, and if so to what extent, "makers of our own selves," of our life and of our destiny. And we want to know this "today," in the given conditions of today, the conditions of our daily life, not of any life or any man"- Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1971)

"I turned myself into a bear, inside and outside" - Gramsci cited in Davidson, 1977, p. 70

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[The Intransigent Faction]

Haha, thanks for this! :)

I checked that out from the library this summer, but the more I think about it the more I want a copy on my shelf to refer back to.

(Obligatory "These bad jokes are more than I can bear!" remark).

[Crux]

Bear with me.