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Conference Presentations by Rodrigo I Francisco Maia

Research paper thumbnail of Gramsci's Ideas of Practical, Ideological and Political Defeats Political Party Action and Collective Will in the Social Transformations in Italy and Portugal

Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suff... more Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suffer, we adopted a historical approach in this study of the political history of two Political Parties. Firstly, this work is based on a literature review, which investigates the national context and the main political forces involved in the democratic transition in both countries. Secondly, we propose a formulation of the Political Parties action in the national context, trying to provide elements to the comprehension of the real politics the PCI and PCP adopted in the EU integration process. Therefore, this paper brings the Gramsci's concepts related to Political Parties in order to offer a view of the importance of the class organizations not only in the national context, but also in the international relations, paying attention to the lessons of the recent political experiences in Italy and Portugal. The contribution of the Gramsci's texts: Prison Notebooks and Political Writings Gramsci wrote that for the concrete analysis of the relation of forces it is necessary to consider methodologically the relation of social forces with the productive forces structure in development, and the relation of political forces and military forces. The Gramsci's idea is that the constitution of the political power has to be involved in the form of the Political Party: the Modern Prince, which contain the complexity and particularity of the class which belongs to (GRAMSCI. 2014: 1558). As an alive organism leading the social transformation, the Modern Prince (the Modern Political Party) can suffer defeats in its historical and practical process of constitution. From the Gramsci Political Writings, in a letter sent to Palmiro Togliatti, Gramsci is concerning about different levels of defeats can occur to the class organization, the Communist Party in particular in that moment (GRAMSCI, 1978). Such discussion is more broadly present in our Master dissertation, and here the aim is to highlight the Gramscian discussion within contemporary problems, despite the fact this is not a clear elaboration in his writings, we can identify the importance of thinking different levels of transformations an organization can carry on in its action. Hence, those levels do not mean a 1 PhD student in Politics and History at Brunel University London-United Kingdon (Capes scholarship holder).

Papers by Rodrigo I Francisco Maia

Research paper thumbnail of Gramsci's Ideas of Practical, Ideological and Political Defeats Political Party Action and Collective Will in the Social Transformations in Italy and Portugal

Rodrigo I. Francisco Maia1 Abstract Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different ty... more Rodrigo I. Francisco Maia1 Abstract Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suffer, we adopted a historical approach in this study of the political history of two Political Parties. Firstly, this work is based on a literature review, which investigates the national context and the main political forces involved in the democratic transition in both countries. Secondly, we propose a formulation of the Political Parties action in the national context, trying to provide elements to the comprehension of the real politics the PCI and PCP adopted in the EU integration process. Therefore, this paper brings the Gramsci's concepts related to Political Parties in order to offer a view of the importance of the class organizations not only in the national context, but also in the international relations, paying attention to the lessons of the recent political experiences in Italy and Portugal.

Research paper thumbnail of Gramsci's Ideas of Practical, Ideological and Political Defeats Political Party Action and Collective Will in the Social Transformations in Italy and Portugal

Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suff... more Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suffer, we adopted a historical approach in this study of the political history of two Political Parties. Firstly, this work is based on a literature review, which investigates the national context and the main political forces involved in the democratic transition in both countries. Secondly, we propose a formulation of the Political Parties action in the national context, trying to provide elements to the comprehension of the real politics the PCI and PCP adopted in the EU integration process. Therefore, this paper brings the Gramsci's concepts related to Political Parties in order to offer a view of the importance of the class organizations not only in the national context, but also in the international relations, paying attention to the lessons of the recent political experiences in Italy and Portugal. The contribution of the Gramsci's texts: Prison Notebooks and Political Writings Gramsci wrote that for the concrete analysis of the relation of forces it is necessary to consider methodologically the relation of social forces with the productive forces structure in development, and the relation of political forces and military forces. The Gramsci's idea is that the constitution of the political power has to be involved in the form of the Political Party: the Modern Prince, which contain the complexity and particularity of the class which belongs to (GRAMSCI. 2014: 1558). As an alive organism leading the social transformation, the Modern Prince (the Modern Political Party) can suffer defeats in its historical and practical process of constitution. From the Gramsci Political Writings, in a letter sent to Palmiro Togliatti, Gramsci is concerning about different levels of defeats can occur to the class organization, the Communist Party in particular in that moment (GRAMSCI, 1978). Such discussion is more broadly present in our Master dissertation, and here the aim is to highlight the Gramscian discussion within contemporary problems, despite the fact this is not a clear elaboration in his writings, we can identify the importance of thinking different levels of transformations an organization can carry on in its action. Hence, those levels do not mean a 1 PhD student in Politics and History at Brunel University London-United Kingdon (Capes scholarship holder).

Research paper thumbnail of Gramsci's Ideas of Practical, Ideological and Political Defeats Political Party Action and Collective Will in the Social Transformations in Italy and Portugal

Rodrigo I. Francisco Maia1 Abstract Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different ty... more Rodrigo I. Francisco Maia1 Abstract Based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about three different types of defeat a political party can suffer, we adopted a historical approach in this study of the political history of two Political Parties. Firstly, this work is based on a literature review, which investigates the national context and the main political forces involved in the democratic transition in both countries. Secondly, we propose a formulation of the Political Parties action in the national context, trying to provide elements to the comprehension of the real politics the PCI and PCP adopted in the EU integration process. Therefore, this paper brings the Gramsci's concepts related to Political Parties in order to offer a view of the importance of the class organizations not only in the national context, but also in the international relations, paying attention to the lessons of the recent political experiences in Italy and Portugal.