{"product_id":"prison-notebooks-volumes-1-2-3-9780231157551","title":"Prison Notebooks: Volumes 1, 2 \u0026 3","description":"Columbia University Press's multivolume \u003ci\u003ePrison Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e is the only complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's seminal writings in English. Based on the authoritative Italian edition of Gramsci's work, \u003ci\u003eQuaderni del Carcere\u003c\/i\u003e, this comprehensive translation presents the intellectual as he ought to be read and understood, with critical notes that clarify Gramsci's history, culture, and sources; an index of names; and a contextualization of the thinker's ideas against his earlier writings and letters. This set includes notebooks 1 through 8 with all attendant notes and materials and is an indispensible resource for scholars in the humanities and social sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was an Italian Marxist theorist, one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party, and founder of the official party newspaper, \u003ci\u003el'Unita\u003c\/i\u003e. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926, Gramsci died before fully regaining his freedom. Gramsci's thirty-three prison notebooks, which contain brilliant reflections on a vast range of subjects, are foundational for an array of disciplines and schools of thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph A. Buttigieg (1947-2019) was professor emeritus of English at the University of Notre Dame. He was the author and editor of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist in Different Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Antonio Gramsci\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCriticism Without Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGramsci and Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Christian Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, and most notably the complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks (Columbia, 1992-2007). He was also founding member and president of the International Gramsci Society.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503149977874,"sku":"9780231157551","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1179add0-3cd5-4c6e-99b5-4d41566b6827.jpg?v=1744212429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prison-notebooks-volumes-1-2-3-9780231157551","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}