Gramsci and the anarchists / Carl Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Carl, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937.

Gramsci, Antonio.

Anarchists--Italy.

Anarchists.

Italy--History--1870-1914.

Italy.

History.

Italy--History--1914-1945.

Italy--Politics and government--1870-1914.

Politics and government.

Italy--Politics and government--1914-1945.

Physical Description:

xii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999.

Summary:

This is the first work in English to deal comprehensively with Italian anarchism from the beginning of the century to the rise of fascism. It reconstructs the development of anarchist and syndicalist ideas and programs and charts their relations with Gramsci and the Turin-based Ordine Nuovo group. The book places these developments within the general context of little known links connecting Italian anarchists and syndicalists to sympathizers in Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. The analysis of "libertarian" politics in Italy is accompanied by a detailed and fascinating reconstruction of the social base of Italian anarchism that challenges the assumptions of much of the political sociology of the European Left.

This book contributes to our understanding of one of the central Marxist thinkers and activists of the twentieth century and to one of the critical moments in the history of the European Left.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index.

ISBN:

1859739849

OCLC:

42997285