Reviving Gramsci Crisis, Communication, and Change [Hardcover]

Engaging debates within cultural studies, media and communication studies, and critical theory, this book addresses whether Gramscian thought continues to be relevant for social and cultural analysis, in particular when examining times of crisis and social change. The book is motivated by two intertwined but distinct purposes: first, to show the privileged and fruitful link between a Gramscian Theory of Communication and a Communicative Theory of Gramsci; second, to explore the ways in which such a Gramscian perspective can help us interpret and explain different forms of political activism in the twenty-first century, such as Occupy in the US, Indignados in Spain, or Movimento Cinque Stelle in Italy.

1. Gramsci in/for Critical Times 2. Selective Gramsci(s) 3. Gramsci and Communication: Dialectics and Translation 4. Occupy Wall Street: The Limits of War of Position 5. Movimento Cinque Stelle: Dialectics of Passive Revolution 6. From Indignados to Podemos: Sublating Vernacular Rhetoric into National Popular Rhetoric 7. A Dialectical Image

Briziarelli and Mart?nez Guillem provide an important contribution to the use of Gramsci in Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, the study of social movements, and contemporary hegemonic resistance. Their volume is a must read for students and scholars alike who are interested in examining the discourses of contemporary power. - Joseph P. Zompetti, Illinois State University, USA

Marco Briziarelli is an assistant professor in the department of Communication and Journalism, at the University of New Mexico, USA. He is interested in critical approaches to media and communication, digital labor and social movements. His work has appeared in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Critical Studies in Media Communication and Triple C.

Susana Mart?nez Guillem is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication &amlóÑ