Quotes About Antonio Gramsci

Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature.

Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature.

Education is a struggle against instincts which are linked to elemental biological functions, a struggle against nature, in order to dominate it and create man immersed within his own time.

The Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci used the term 'cultural hegemony' to describe the way in which ideas and concepts which benefit a dominant class are universalized. They become norms, adopted whole and unexamined, which shape our thinking. Perhaps we suffer from agricultural hegemony: what is deemed to be good for farmers or landowners is deemed, without question or challenge, to be good for everyone.