What I take from Gramsci is the interregnum, the time of monsters when the old order is dying and the new one can't be born yet. It's the frame for the whole Bhumics project.
How the word moved
I opened Bhumics with him in January 2025, quoting what he wrote from his prison cell. In March 2026 I brought the same frame back for the Gulf war. Almost a century later and it still fits.
In my words
"In a time not unlike ours, Antonio Gramsci wrote these words from his prison cell"
from Bhumics, Part 1, 21 Jan 2025
Related
- Related Interregnum - his concept, which I borrowed wholesale.
- Related Monsterology - his time of monsters gave me the idea.
- Related Bhumics - he frames the project from its first essay.