Opposites that don’t attract: Civil society for Gramsci and the neoliberals

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of civil society in Gramsci as an important theoretical source in Marxist thought down to the present, in contrast to the neoliberal concept of civil society. We debate with some authors who dedicated themselves to the study of this [não conheço a palavra “sardo”] thinker, whose work has generated inumerable “interpretations” and adverse and conflicting uses. Therefore, in this brief incursion we use Volume 3 of The Prison Notebooks, identifying the Gramscian contribution of a group of authors who develop a profound critique of neoliberal thought.