Creating the cultures of the future: cultural strategy, policy and institutions in Gramsci. Part three: Is there a theory of cultural policy in Gramsci’s prison notebooks?

Merli, Paola

Abstract

In this article, I argue that Gramsci’s prison notes on questions of cultural strategy, policy and institutions, which have so far been largely overlooked by scholars, provide further analytical insights to those offered by his more general concepts. Together they enrich the theoretical underpinnings for critical frameworks of analysis as well as for radical practices of cultural strategy, cultural policy-making and cultural organisation. On the basis of a detailed analysis of these notes, I then answer the question of whether they amount to a theory of cultural policy.

Citation

Merli, P. (2013). Creating the cultures of the future: cultural strategy, policy and institutions in Gramsci. Part three: Is there a theory of cultural policy in Gramsci’s prison notebooks?. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2011.643874

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 21, 2011
• Online Publication Date: Feb 24, 2012
• Publication Date: Jul 16, 2013
• Deposit Date: Sep 29, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 29, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Cultural Policy
• Print ISSN: 1028-6632
• Electronic ISSN: 1477-2833
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2011.643874
• Keywords: Gramsci, theory of cultural policy, cultural institutions
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/716520
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2011.643874
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Cultural Policy on 16/07/2013, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10286632.2011.643874