Francesco Pontarelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 4449126 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesco Pontarelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Pontarelli |
| SIGNATURE | PONTARELLI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3400-4961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gramsci and the Challenge of Praxis in Cuba
Traces of Gramscian Theory and Practice in South Africa
This study explores the reception and development of Antonio Gramsci’s political thought in South Africa, from the apartheid era to the late 2010s. By tracing Gramsci’s influence across academia and working-class organisations, the article argues that his categories emerged in response to intellectuals’ and movements’ needs for transformative praxis in specific historical periods. The paper employs a chronological and thematic framework, tracing …
An inquiry of Gramsci’s concept of passive revolution in South Africa
South African scholarship has engaged with Antonio Gramsci’s category of passive revolution as a historical analytical framework for analysing the transformation of post-apartheid society. Many of these interpretations characterise passive revolution as a top-down process of state formation, capital restructuring and governance mechanisms. This article engages with various interpretations of passive revolution by investigating this concept in Gra…
Rooted in Resistance
Gramsci and the Theory–Praxis Nexus
Among the journal's objectives, two are of particular significance to us.The first is to offer a space for encountering and critically reflecting on social and political phenomena by engaging with Antonio Gramsci's analytical categories and method.The second aim is to highlight the importance of the connection between the theory and praxis of political action, recognising that the potential of actualisation in the latter can offer significant dev…
Notebooks
This is the abstract of the contribution in English on the new online and printed Cagliari-based review “Notebooks: Journal for Studies on Power”
An inquiry of Gramsci’s concept of passive revolution in South Africa
South African scholarship has engaged with Antonio Gramsci’s category of passive revolution as a historical analytical framework for analysing the transformation of post-apartheid society. Many of these interpretations characterise passive revolution as a top-down process of state formation, capital restructuring and governance mechanisms. This article engages with various interpretations of passive revolution by investigating this concept in Gra…
Rooted in Resistance
Notebooks
This is the abstract of the contribution in English on the new online and printed Cagliari-based review “Notebooks: Journal for Studies on Power”
Notebooks
This is the abstract of the contribution in English on the new online and printed Cagliari-based review “Notebooks: Journal for Studies on Power”
Gramsci and the Theory–Praxis Nexus
Among the journal's objectives, two are of particular significance to us.The first is to offer a space for encountering and critically reflecting on social and political phenomena by engaging with Antonio Gramsci's analytical categories and method.The second aim is to highlight the importance of the connection between the theory and praxis of political action, recognising that the potential of actualisation in the latter can offer significant dev…
An inquiry of Gramsci’s concept of passive revolution in South Africa
South African scholarship has engaged with Antonio Gramsci’s category of passive revolution as a historical analytical framework for analysing the transformation of post-apartheid society. Many of these interpretations characterise passive revolution as a top-down process of state formation, capital restructuring and governance mechanisms. This article engages with various interpretations of passive revolution by investigating this concept in Gra…
Rooted in Resistance
Traces of Gramscian Theory and Practice in South Africa
This study explores the reception and development of Antonio Gramsci’s political thought in South Africa, from the apartheid era to the late 2010s. By tracing Gramsci’s influence across academia and working-class organisations, the article argues that his categories emerged in response to intellectuals’ and movements’ needs for transformative praxis in specific historical periods. The paper employs a chronological and thematic framework, tracing …
Gramsci and the Challenge of Praxis in Cuba
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political theory and Gramsci (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Praxis (3 works) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)