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Unlike Hannah Arendt, and that strain of philosophical thinking that sees common sense as a reliable touchstone to which intellectual speculation must always return, Gramsci insists on its unreliability. It “takes countless different forms,” is “fragmentary, incoherent” (SPN, 419).
Gramsci's Common Sense
Kate Crehan
Defining words is a political act. Whoever fixes their meaning gains a strategic asset.
The Ungovernable Society
Grégoire Chamayou
In the era of the Short Past, microhistory prevailed over macrohistory. The big picture often got short shrift.
The Role of History in a Society Afflicted by Short-Termism – David Armitage & Jo Guldi | Aeon Essays
aeon.co
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