Fleeing the margins of history: subordinate classes and popular insurrections in Gramsci’s rootprints

Abstract:

From the reading of Gramsci about subalternity, we highlight conceptual aspects and methodological criteria of an extremely useful analytic category for deciphering the movement of subordinate classes within the framework of class antagonisms. It is a fundamental theoretical-methodological and political perspective to understand the differentiated meaning of immediate rebellion expressions or of more organic political and popular movements, within the context of the hegemonic processes.

Keywords:
Classes and subordinate groups; Subalternity; Social struggles; Popular insurrections