As for this collection, I had to separate things: lots of passage are related to the context of the era, personalities up to the policy (including war) and occasional fighting ( the strike of Fiat workers). These do seem to have of interest to the historian.
Certain other passages, the most interesting to me, on the contrary something universal:
- "Indifferent": Gramsci criticizes the passive, non-citizens, those who do not feel concerned. He says that the evils that happen to us are not so much the responsibility of some assets that passivity of the majority. A passage that up, especially in these times of high abstention different political elections!
- "No tolerance for anything" Gramsci recommends tolerance in discussion and formation of opinions with intolerance in action. He rejects those who are intolerant in discussion, but "transigeants" in action (that is to say that their ideas are not followed by action, which places them de facto in the mass of indifferent cf. . above). Bright Passage.
Other passages seemed to me less attractive because too marked by their time: they "speak" at least today's reader.
I would add that the excellent foreword by Martin Rueff worth reading for its putting into perspective the writings of Gramsci.
