Somewhat analogous to the societal context of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and relevant to his tactics, the period in which Gramsci did most of his work was one in which [[the left]] had experienced a terrible defeat. Writing from his prison cell in Fascist Italy, Gramsci was trying to comprehend how the left had lost so much ground, and what could be done while out of power in order to to prepare for a return to leadership. He concluded that the answer "had a lot to do with culture—religion, civil society, literature, and intellectual work." <ref>Sara Marcus (February 12, 2019) [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/buttigieg-gramsci-indiana-president What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals] The Nation, Retrieved 01/26/20</ref> | Somewhat analogous to the societal context of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and relevant to his tactics, the period in which Gramsci did most of his work was one in which [[the left]] had experienced a terrible defeat. Writing from his prison cell in Fascist Italy, Gramsci was trying to comprehend how the left had lost so much ground, and what could be done while out of power in order to to prepare for a return to leadership. He concluded that the answer "had a lot to do with culture—religion, civil society, literature, and intellectual work." <ref>Sara Marcus (February 12, 2019) [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/buttigieg-gramsci-indiana-president What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals] The Nation, Retrieved 01/26/20</ref> |