A Crocean critique of Gramsci on historicism, hegemony and intellectuals

Although Gramsci's debt to Croce is well known, most commentators simply accept hiscriticisms of Croce & his claim to have overcome certain lacunae in the Neapolitan's thought. This article argues that many of these criticisms misfire, & mounts a Crocean critique of Gramsci. Through a comparison of their respective views of historicism, hegemony, & intellectuals, it is argued that the radical democratic & libertarian theory many post-Marxists claim to find in the Sardinian is more appropriately associated with Croce.
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