This first volume on Antonio Gramsci's relevance to contemporary concerns with space and nature takes Gramsci scholarship in new directions. It shows how his writings, well known for their historical nuance, also convey a rich spatial sensibility and a distinctive approach to geographical and ecological questions.
By linking Gramsci's socially differentiated understanding of politics to his spatial and ecological concerns, the contributors demonstrate his relevance to new audiences. While recognizing his sometimes problematic discussions of sexuality, gender, racism, and (post)colonialism, several contributors discern distinctive elements of his work that bear directly on current debates.
The volume presents a substantially different Gramsci from post-Marxist perspectives and recent anarchist and post-anarchist critiques. It retains his revolutionary orientation, and highlights the profound conceptual and political leverage that a spatialized reading of Gramsci enables today. Reorienting his innovative philosophy of praxis, it proposes new approaches within human geography, environmental studies, and development theory.
