# @sociology_official on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYrDfeNR9da
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T07:26:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sociology Group| Official Account (@sociology_official) — https://gondola.cc/sociology_official

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But why were they so scared of him?

Gramsci was not a criminal and he was not arrested for violence. He was a powerful critic of fascism and one of the strongest voices against Benito Mussolini's government in Italy.

In 1926, Mussolini's regime began suppressing opposition voices and Gramsci was arrested despite being a member of parliament. During his trial, a fascist prosecutor made a chilling statement:

"We must stop this brain from functioning for twenty years."

While sitting inside a prison cell, Gramsci wrote notes and ideas that later became the famous Prison Notebooks, writings that still influence sociology, politics, media studies, and cultural studies today.

Sources:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -Antonio Gramsci
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Antonio Gramsci
Prison Notebooks background

#sociology #antoniogramsci #gramsci #politicalscience #prisonnotebooks

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