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Antonio Gramsci: Guiding Questions
I. Antonio Gramsci: An Overview
1). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," says that Gramsci was raised in the Christian religious tradition known as Catholicism
2). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," mentions that a
s a student at the university, c--a politics aiming to help the poor and oppressed--Antonio joined the Socialist Party
Party. 3). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that Gramsci did more than just write. He actively organized industrial workers
in Turin to fight for better treatment from their bosses, from the factory owners, and from the government that supported those. 4). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that Gramsci saw himself as an Italian counterpart to Lenin and other Russian socialists
Like them, he wanted capitalism to be replaced by a more equitable society based on socialism
5). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," says that in 1921, Gramsci founded Italy's Communist Party
6). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," says that, fearing arrest by Mussolini's forces, Gramsci traveled to the new Soviet Union
in 1922. 7). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," claims that Gramsci agreed with everything that Marx said, and with everything that the Soviet Union believed. True or False
?
8). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that Gramsci did not see Capitalism
as the main problem. In his view, the primary threat was the Roman Catholic Church
9). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that, in 1924, Gramsci became the head of Italy's communist party
10). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that Gramsci believed that the Church's power over Roman Catholic believers stood in the way of workers achieving the perfect world
envisioned by Marx
11). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," says that Antonio was sentenced
to twenty years of prison. And, he remained a prisoner of the Italian government for the
rest of his life
12). According to the article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," Western Marxism, like the Marxism of Russia and China, worries about economics and class struggle. True or False
?
13). According to the article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," Gramsci founded Western Marxism. True
or False?
14). According to the article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," hegemony refers to power
It is a complete and total sort of power.
It is the power
held by one group--a dominant group--that they use to control other, less powerful
groups.
15). According to the article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," when the powerful group at the top uses culture to control other groups, this is called cultural hegemony
16). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that ideology refers to unexamined
ideas.
17). The article entitled "Antonio Gramsci: Overview," explains that both Marx and Gramsci wanted religion to be replaced by something else. They both wanted to replace religion with communism.
II. Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism
18). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that from a balcony in a building located in Italy's Piazza Venezia, "the speaker" (Mussolini) "proclaimed the __________________________ of Italy and promised them a __________________________ future. And the people ___________________________."
19). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator says that amidst the chaos in Italy following the end of World War I, where there was high unemployment and street fights, Mussolini launched "a new movement." He called it the ____________________________________________.
20). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator says that facism
was not just an ideology
. It was a campaign of physical intimidation
.
21). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that Facism began with violence. Gangs of ex-military men, known as the Blackshirts, "who went around the streets, beating workers
up, beating up the socialists.
22). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that in
1922, 30,000 fascists descended on the nation's capital in a show of (armed) force.
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This was the so-called March on Rome. With this, Mussolini came to power. Suddenly,
Italy was under fascist
rule, with a bold
if politically inexperienced
new leader.
23). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that after Mussolini came to power with the "March on Rome," the Piazza Venezia became the stage for a new, amped up, kind of nationalism
Mussolini loved big rallies
and, from his balcony, offering big promises
and simple solutions to complex problems, he whipped his followers into a mass
frenzy.
24). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that Mussolini was an actor, and when he eventually showed up in that [balcony] window, and he stood in his typical posture . . . he was for the Italians, the personification of a greater
Italy. He promised
an Italy that would be great, modern.
25). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that statues placed in the Olympic Stadium that Mussolini had built were intended to symbolize physical strength. They were intended to symbolize "a new fascist man"--a man who was willing to support the fascist
dogma: believe, obey, fight.
26). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator explains that Mussolini's ego is immense.
Continuing the narrator said that Mussolini had a motto (a saying). It was that "Mussolini is always right.
27). In the video entitled "Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism," a narrator says that there was this famous fascist motto (a saying): "Everything for the State, everything within the State, nothing against the state.
III. What is Hegemony? -- The Prison Notebooks"
28). In the video entitled "What is Hegemony? -- The Prison Notebooks," a narrator states that Antonio Gramsci was a leader of the Italian communist party.
29). In the video entitled "What is Hegemony? -- The Prison Notebooks," a narrator says that while he was in jail under Mussolini's fascist regime, Gramsci wrote '
The Prison Notebooks
'
30). In the video entitled "What is Hegemony? -- The Prison Notebooks," a narrator says that "The concept of hegemony is really a very simple one. It means political leadership based on the consent of the led
a consent
which is secured by the diffusion and popularization of the world-view of the ruling class."
31). In the video entitled "What is Hegemony? -- The Prison Notebooks," a narrator explains that, according to Gramsci, the ruling class asserts its rule, its dominance, over
the lower classes through coercion, through force. True or False
?
IV. Ideology
32). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that it's important to realize that, for Gramsci, there is a close and crucial connection between and ideology. True
or False?
33). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that i
n an ideology, the beliefs declared by an individual or group, rely on a few basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any factual basis. True
or False?
34). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that the unexamined assumptions
in an ideology lead to prejudices, and prejudices lead to actions
35). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that a set of coherent ideas based on unexamined assumptions that create a worldview--that's an ideology
36). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that Dominant
groups use sets of cultural beliefs and practices to justify the systems of inequality
that maintain their group's social power over non-dominant groups.
37). The article entitled "Ideology" explains that the dominant ideology in a society is passed along through the society's major social institutions, such as the media, the family, education, and religion. True
or False?
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