Episode 19: Gramsci, the Political Party, and the Relevance of Machiavelli in the Modern Day

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Mark and Alex cover Antonio Gramsci's advice for political parties and defend the legacy of Machiavelli

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Works referenced in this episode:

All by Antonio Gramsci

"Brief Notes on Machiavelli’s Politics"

"Machiavelli and Marx"

"Politics as an Autonomous Science"

"Elements of Politics"

"The Political Party"

"Conceptions of the World and Practical Stances: Global and Partial"

"Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Economism"

"Prediction and Perspective"

"Analysis of Situations: Relations of Force"

"On Bureaucracy"

"The Theorem of Fixed Proportions"

"Number and Quality in Representative Systems of Government"

"Continuity and Tradition"

"Spontaneity and Conscious Leadership"

"Against Byzantinism"

"The Collective Worker"

"Voluntarism and Social Masses"