Masters

‘Before Masters , to speak of the ideological defeat of the left was taboo, a shameful story, and unspeakable. With the courage of truth, Marco d'Eramo spells out how it was the billionaires of the world, not the oppressed, who took to heart Gramsci’s lessons on building hegemony. In this brilliant, foundational work, he invites us to learn from our adversaries, to stop living as oblivious subjects and to take back the initiative.’
Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

‘Marco d'Eramo is one of the most provocative and insightful thinkers of our time, and his gifts are all splendidly on display in this riveting account of how global elites launched, and eventually won, their war against the poor and the weak.’
Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

‘Before Masters , to speak of the ideological defeat of the left was taboo, a shameful story, and unspeakable. With the courage of truth, Marco d'Eramo spells out how it was the billionaires of the world, not the oppressed, who took to heart Gramsci’s lessons on building hegemony. In this brilliant, foundational work, he invites us to learn from our adversaries, to stop living as oblivious subjects and to take back the initiative.’
Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

‘Marco d'Eramo is one of the most provocative and insightful thinkers of our time, and his gifts are all splendidly on display in this riveting account of how global elites launched, and eventually won, their war against the poor and the weak.’
Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

Marco D’Eramo is an Italian journalist and social theorist. He worked at il manifesto for over thirty years and writes for New Left Review, MicroMega and Die Tageszeitung.