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READING DANTE IMPOLITICALLY GRAMSCI’S CONTRAPUNTAL CRITICISM OF INFERNO 10 Stefano Selenu “Se per questo cieco carcere vai per altezza d’ingegno…” —Dante, Inferno 10.58–59 “from those who want to consciously and explicitly profess it, this historical materialism requires a certain curious manner of humility” —Antonio Labriola The relevance of Dante’s position in Gramsci’s thought has not been adequately clarified by scholars. There is no extended research on the role and meaning of Dante in the larger framework of Gramsci’s writings. Most discussions focus on Gramsci’s reading of Inferno 10 and are limited to why and how Gramsci read that canto, or what his reading could suggest to us about his aesthetics, hermeneutic philosophy, and theory of art. Recently, new hypotheses have been proposed to look at Gramsci’s notes on Canto 10 from a political perspective. According to Italian scholars Angelo Rossi and Giuseppe Vacca, in order to avoid surveillance, Gramsci—in secret cooperation with Palmiro Togliatti (the leading figure of the Italian Communists), Tania Schucht (Gramsci’s sister-in-law), and his friend Piero Sraffa (then professor of economics at Cambridge University)—had to find new means of p olitical communication with Togliatti and the Party while in exile. Even his interest in Inferno 10
Mediaevalia – State University of New York Press
Published: Dec 28, 2017
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