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Critically assess Gramsci's concepts of 'hegemony' and 'civil society.'
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Critically assess Gramsci's concepts of 'hegemony' and 'civil society.' Antonio Gramsci, author of the Prison Notebooks and 500 published letters that were written to friends and family, was born on January 22nd 1891 in Cagliari in Sardinia. He is arguably one of the most influential political philosophers in the field of Marxism since Karl Marx himself. Antonio Gramsci was the fourth of seven children and as a young child he was dropped from the arms of a servant and thus resulted in a hunchback and stunted growth, growing just under five feet in height. As a student he was a high achiever early on and after graduating from the Cagliari Lyceum he won a scholarship to the University of Turin, an award given to those students in severe financial need. There are a number of milestones in Gramsci's life that can be pointed out, such as his older brother introducing him...
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