He used Georges Sorel's idea of ideology-as-myth to analyze Machiavelli's Prince.
This thinker argued that before open use of force, revolutionaries must gain influence through "wars of position." He used Georges Sorel's idea of ideology-as-myth to analyze Machiavelli's Prince. This thinker claimed that the "man-in-the-mass" has a transformative attitude implicit in his actions, and an uncritical attitude he absorbs in his thought, a duality he calls "contradictory consciousness." He distinguished between intellectuals who see themselves as disinterested and those who represent a specific interest, which he called "traditional" and "organic." He also denoted the ways the worldview of the ruling class becomes normative with the term "cultural hegemony." For 10 points, name this Italian Marxist who wrote the Prison Notebooks.
This thinker argued that before open use of force, revolutionaries must gain influence through "wars of position."
Antonio Gramsci