Antonio Gramsci (1891– 1937) is to this day among the most infl uential thinkers of the twentieth century. Born in Sardinia, he studied philosophy at the University of Turin. He was an active and militant intellectual until his imprisonment in 1926 by the Fascist regime. He spent the rest of his life in prison, and died at the age of 46.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 1673