Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Gramsci, "Knowledge Claims and Knowing Subjects" -- 2. The Gramscian Politics of Culture -- 3. Socialism and/or Democracy: Politics, Culture, and the State -- 4. Cultural Politics and Common Sense -- 5. They Were Sisters: Common Sense, World War II, and the Woman's Film -- 6. Looking Backward: Versions of History and Common Sense in Recent British Cinema -- 7. Language, Folklore, and Politics in the Films of the Taviani Brothers -- 8. Postmodernism as Folklore in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema -- 9. "Gramsci beyond Gramsci" and the Writings of Antonio Negri -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.