The minimal night-watchman state may be the only conception transcending economic-corporate consciousness

Evidence

The following argument is worth reflecting upon: is the conception of the gendarme -nightwatchman State (leaving aside the polemical designation: gendarme , nightwatchman, etc.) not in fact the only conception of the State to transcend the purely “economic-corporate” stages? — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 975

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

  • QUESTION: Gramsci poses this as an open question — worth following the argument to see whether he answers it and how.