Parasite Industrialism: Antonio Gramsci at ILVA
pdf

Keywords

The Southern Question
Arcelor Mittal
Mezzogiorno
Media Dialectic
Environmental Calamity

How to Cite

Collins, J. (1). Parasite Industrialism: Antonio Gramsci at ILVA. Itinerari, (LIX), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.7413/2036-9484030

Abstract

Antonio Gramsci’s The Southern Question has been studied as an instrument to understand what happened, not what is happening, within the dynamics of the dialectic regarding industry, government, and Italy’s southern regions. This survey resituates Gramsci’s The Southern Question and his own preceding journal articles that fostered its theories to examine the journalistic mouthpieces of the historic blocs and their opponents, and how these dailies echo the empty narratives used to foster consent to environmental calamity. Under examination are articles reporting on ArcelorMittal’s Taranto Steelworks from The New York Times, Il Corriere della Sera, and Il Manifesto. A contemporary application of Gramsci’s work to these narratives reveals the relevance of his thought in deconstructing hegemonic discourses and their authors’ intentions.

https://doi.org/10.7413/2036-9484030
pdf