Beyond right and left : democratic elitism in Mosca and Gramsci /

Two Italian writers, Gaetano Mosca and Antonio Gramsci, have been very influential in twentieth-century political thought, the first cast as a thoroughgoing conservative, the second as the model of a humanistic Marxist. The author of this provocative book -- the first systematic study of the connect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1999], ©1999
New Haven : c1999
New Haven : ©1999
New Haven, Conn. : 1999
New Haven, Conn. : c1999
New Haven : [1999]
Series:Italian literature and thought series
Italian literature and thought series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Right, Left, and Classic Approaches to Gramsci
  • 1 Gramsci as a Political Theorist: Back to Mosca
  • 2. Mosca's Political Science: Democratic Elitism and Balanced Pluralism
  • 3. Gramsci on Mosca: Methodological and Theoretical Criticism
  • 4. Gramsci's Elitism: An Extension of Mosca's Law
  • 5. Gramsci's Democracy: An Application of Mosca's Concept
  • 6. Liberalism and Anti-Liberalism in Mosca and Gramsci
  • 7. Mosca and Gramsci on Freemasonry and Fascism: An Emblematic Case
  • Conclusion: Beyond Right and Left
  • App. Concordance of the Critical Edition and English Translations.