Antonio Gramsci: Hegemony, Heroism and Domination

Alberto Simonetti
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The notion of the hero is often accompanied by myth; in Gramsci’s work we see the crushing of this theory because it is tied to a nationalist and, therefore, repressive horizon. In his Prison Notebooks, Gramsci tackles this problem with originality, critically defining the concept of heroism as anti-collective. The power of the struggling community acts incisively if it renounces charismatic leadership. This results in a leaderless collectivity made up of bodies and brains politically in action. The centrality of this aspect that is not dealt with in Gramsci’s work can shed new light on the work of the Sardinian thinker and philosopher, particularly from a contemporary point of view, partly due to the numerous nationalist regressions (the return of racist ideologies and formations in Europe and in the US). Gramsci’s work has an avant-garde meaning even in current events. The collectivity can become that specific universal-singular capable of instituting a real counter-power. The article investigates the rejection of heroism in a transversal reading of Prison Notebooks.
安东尼奥·葛兰西:霸权、英雄主义和统治
英雄的概念常常与神话相伴;在葛兰西的著作中,我们看到了这一理论的破碎,因为它与民族主义联系在一起,因此是压迫性的。在他的《监狱笔记》中,葛兰西以独创性的方式解决了这个问题,批判性地将英雄主义的概念定义为反集体的。挣扎中的社区如果放弃魅力型领导,它的力量就会发挥深刻的作用。这导致了一个没有领导的集体,由身体和大脑在政治上行动。这方面的中心地位在葛兰西的著作中没有涉及,这可以为撒丁岛思想家和哲学家的作品提供新的启示,特别是从当代的角度来看,部分原因是众多的民族主义倒退(种族主义意识形态和形态在欧洲和美国的回归)。葛兰西的著作即使在时事中也具有先锋派的意义。集体可以成为特定的普遍-单一,能够建立真正的反制力量。本文通过对《监狱笔记》的横向阅读,探讨了对英雄主义的拒绝。
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