Gramsci proposes virtues that sustain a party’s hegemonic culture against older ones
Evidence
Elements of party life: character (resistance to the pressures of surpassed cultures), honour (fearless will in maintaining the new type of culture and life), dignity (awareness of operating for a higher end), etc. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 997
Categorization
- DEFINE: A compact list of the moral-psychological traits Gramsci thinks hold a hegemonic project together.
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