Gramsci after the ‘Unforgettable ’56’

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the rediscovery of two Gramscian themes from 1956: Factory Councils and Americanism and Fordism (1949). It explains their importance, not only in allowing us to better understand the changes taking place at that time, but also in outlining a new conception of Marxism, one that was different from the historicism of Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964). In particular, the paper focuses on Raniero Panzieri (1921–64) whose theoretical and political research closely resembled that of Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937).