Creating the cultures of the future: cultural strategy, policy and institutions in Gramsci. Part two: Cultural strategy and institutions in Gramsci’s early writings and political practice

Merli, Paola

Abstract

In this article, I consider Gramsci’s pre-prison writings and political practice in relation to questions of cultural strategy and institutions. I argue that the analysis of these early texts, which were written in the years in which Gramsci was active in party organisation and leadership, is fundamental not only for understanding the nature of Gramsci’s early and continued involvement with questions of cultural strategy and institutions, but also as a key for interpreting cultural policy themes that he later developed in the prison notebooks, and which originated in earlier debates.

Citation

Merli, P. (2013). Creating the cultures of the future: cultural strategy, policy and institutions in Gramsci. Part two: Cultural strategy and institutions in Gramsci’s early writings and political practice. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2011.643873

• 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/10.1080/10286632.2011.643873
• Keywords: Gramsci; cultural strategy; political practice; cultural institutions
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/716528
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2011.643873
• 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/10.1080/10286632.2011.643873.