Reviving Gramsci

<p>Engaging debates within cultural studies media and communication studies and critical theory this book addresses whether Gramscian thought continues to be relevant for social and cultural analysis in particular when examining times of crisis and social change. The book is motivated by two intertwined but distinct purposes: first to show the privileged and fruitful link between a Gramscian Theory of Communication and a Communicative Theory of Gramsci; second to explore the ways in which such a Gramscian perspective can help us interpret and explain different forms of political activism in the twenty-first century such as Occupy in the US Indignados in Spain or Movimento Cinque Stelle in Italy.</p>