Abstract

Nemeth's book is a study of those parts of Gramsci's Prison Notebooks relating to “first philosophy” and epistemology. The book examines the extent to which Gramsci's philosophy is Marxist by discussing some of the relevant works of Marx and Engels; Gramsci's relation to the traditions of Italian Marxism, to Croce and to Gentile; the similarities and differences between Gramsci and phenomenology, especially that of Husserl; and occasional comparisons with Kant and Hegel. Some of the discussions are particularly original, e.g., Nemeth's account of the connection between Gramsci and Gentile, and his phenomenological interpretation of parts of Gramsci's epistemology in terms of the notion of constitution.