Pensamiento heterodoxo para contextos en crisis. Recepción de la teoría política de Gramsci en Argentina en la década de 1970

Gramsci's Political Theory was seen like an ideological threat by both authoritarian governments in the Southern Cone and the orthodox communists, but it was also a guide for ideological renewal in critical thought in Argentina during the 70s. Intellectuals found in Gramsci's theory a method to rethink the political reality of the region without the pressure to answer dogmatic questions. The article follows Gramsci's thought in two moments: First, it focuses in the academic reception and discussion about his theoretical postulates in Argentina. Second, it highlights the possible influence of his theoretical postulates on the political practices in the region. Such interpretation is developed by exploring the reception of Gramsci's call for mobilization in the context of the Argentinian group Pasado y Presente, and finally by assessing the more diffuse influence of his ideas on Latin American writers during that decade.

Available online: Estudios Politicos (Accessed July 8, 2016)