Talk:Antonio Gramsci
“To tell the truth is revolutionary”[edit]
- Section added. Nbarth 23:18, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
"To tell the truth is revolutionary." is not a Gramsci's sentence. He put it on the frontpage of his paper but I think the author is German socialist Lassalle--131.114.116.44 11:50, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Long March?[edit]
One of the quotes most attributed to Gramsci (in English) is “long march through the institutions” – also rendered as “long march through the culture” or “slow march”. Though this is frequently quoted, I am unable to find a reference – any assistance?
In Italian, “Long March” is “lunga marcia”, while “slow” is “lenta”, and “through institutions” is “nelle istituzioni”, I believe. However, searching on any combination of these does not seem to give primary references.
For now I’ve listed the quote in “Unsourced”.
- For example, Gramsci is quoted in
- Patrick J. Buchanan, Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization (New York: St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2001), p. 77.
- though it does not give a reference.
- —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 23:55, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Turns out the quote is instead misattributed – that’s what the editor of the English language critical edition of the Prison Notebooks says, which is as authoritative as you can get. (That explains why I couldn’t find it.) I’ve moved it to “Misattributed” and given a citation.
Ok, the quote is clearly due to Rudi Dutschke, originally „Der lange Marsch durch die Institutionen“. The German Wikipedia article Marsch durch die Institutionen elaborates this and is extensively referenced. I’ve corrected the page to make this clear.
For reference, some other discussion of use and attribution which would but bloat the main page:
- The phrase is associated with the Italian Communist Party (PCI); see citations in Encounter, Volume 50, 1978, pp. 20 & 22, notably with Altiero Spinelli.
- Also attributed to PCI by Radio Free Europe in 1983; see Italian Communist Blueprint for European Unity. In these references, the institutions in question are European institutions, in the form of the early European Union.
