Prison Notebooks
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Prison Notebooks is a collection of writings by Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci, composed during his imprisonment, in which he develops influential concepts such as cultural hegemony and the role of intellectuals in society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prison Notebooks canonical | 3 |
| Antonio Gramsci’s prison letters | 1 |
| Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks | 1 |
| Selections from the Prison Notebooks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2999931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prison Notebooks Context triple: [Antonio Gramsci, notableWork, Prison Notebooks]
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A.
Letters and Papers from Prison
Letters and Papers from Prison is a posthumously published collection of theological reflections, letters, and essays written by German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer during his imprisonment by the Gestapo.
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B.
Écrits de prison
Écrits de prison is a posthumously published collection of writings by French politician Jean Zay, composed during his imprisonment under the Vichy regime and valued for its literary quality and historical testimony.
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C.
Confession of Mikhail Bakunin
Confession of Mikhail Bakunin is a political and autobiographical text in which the Russian anarchist thinker recounts his life, beliefs, and revolutionary activities, written as a self-justifying statement after his arrest.
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D.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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E.
The Revolution Betrayed
The Revolution Betrayed is Leon Trotsky’s seminal 1936 analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union under Stalin and a foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prison Notebooks Target entity description: Prison Notebooks is a collection of writings by Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci, composed during his imprisonment, in which he develops influential concepts such as cultural hegemony and the role of intellectuals in society.
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A.
Letters and Papers from Prison
Letters and Papers from Prison is a posthumously published collection of theological reflections, letters, and essays written by German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer during his imprisonment by the Gestapo.
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B.
Écrits de prison
Écrits de prison is a posthumously published collection of writings by French politician Jean Zay, composed during his imprisonment under the Vichy regime and valued for its literary quality and historical testimony.
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C.
Confession of Mikhail Bakunin
Confession of Mikhail Bakunin is a political and autobiographical text in which the Russian anarchist thinker recounts his life, beliefs, and revolutionary activities, written as a self-justifying statement after his arrest.
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D.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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E.
The Revolution Betrayed
The Revolution Betrayed is Leon Trotsky’s seminal 1936 analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union under Stalin and a foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of writings
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philosophical work ⓘ political theory work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Italian Communist Party ⓘ |
| author | Antonio Gramsci ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1935 ⓘ |
| firstMajorEditionPublicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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political philosophy ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Prison Notebooks
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Prison Notebooks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
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| historicalContext |
interwar period
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rise of fascism in Italy ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory
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cultural studies ⓘ education theory ⓘ political sociology ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Benedetto Croce
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Italian idealism ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
civil society
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cultural hegemony ⓘ integral state ⓘ organic intellectuals ⓘ philosophy of praxis ⓘ subaltern classes ⓘ traditional intellectuals ⓘ war of maneuver ⓘ war of position ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Italian history
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Marxist revision ⓘ cultural hegemony ⓘ education and culture ⓘ historical materialism ⓘ philosophy of praxis ⓘ political strategy ⓘ role of intellectuals ⓘ state and civil society ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | over 30 notebooks ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting |
Doftana Prison
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surface form:
Turi prison
various Italian prisons ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| startTime | 1929 ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | imprisonment of Antonio Gramsci ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Prison Notebooks Description of subject: Prison Notebooks is a collection of writings by Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci, composed during his imprisonment, in which he develops influential concepts such as cultural hegemony and the role of intellectuals in society.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Antonio Gramsci’s prison letters
this entity surface form:
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
this entity surface form:
Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks