Carlucci, Alessandro
Gramsci, Language and Pluralism
Ever since his prison writings began to be published in the aftermath of the Second World War, the view that Gramsci's thought is not only compatible with, but in the last instance ascribable to, the tradition of liberal-democratic thought has been put forward several times, with reference, in particular, to his notion of hegemony. Needless to say, this view has aroused passionate debate and often fierce opposition. The question of Gramsci's views on pluralism and liberal democracy received consistent attention in the second half of the 1970s, and again in the 1990s. Unsurprisingly, these periods coincided with critical contingencies in the history of the country where Gramsci's legacy, having greatly helped the rise of the biggest Communist Party in the West, was most present on a practical level. Gramsci's stance on the plurality of political programs and initiatives, as guaranteed by liberal-democratic institutions, became a main focus of attention in 1976-7, when the Italian Communist Party (PCI) extended its electoral support, while gradually breaking its links with the USSR. Political space was shrinking for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) amid steps toward a convergence between the PCI and the Christian Democratic Party that opened up the possibility of bringing the PCI into the governing parliamentary majority. At this time some intellectuals close to the PSI (within which fiercely anti-communist tendencies were beginning to prevail) almost completely overturned the interpretation of Gramsci that other socialists had previously put forward.
| Language | eng |
| Names |
[author] Carlucci, Alessandro |
| Subjects |
Pluralismo
Lingua (e Linguistica)
Pluralism
Linguistic |
