Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Antonio Gramsci
Born: January 22, 1891
Died: April 27, 1937 (aged 46)
Bio: Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist theoretician and politician. He wrote on political theory, sociology and linguistics.
Known for:
- Prison Notebooks
- Selections from cultural writings
- The Southern Question
- Further selections from the prison notebooks
- Prison Letters