The Peter Thomas Moment

Adam David Morton | October 13, 2026

Political theorist and Professor in History of Political Thought, Brunel University of London whose towering The Gramscian Moment defined Gramsci Studies.

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Egypt and the Dialectic of Passive and Permanent Revolution

Brecht De Smet | March 21, 2016

Although it is always difficult, if not impossible, to clearly discern the emergence of a new epoch when you find yourself right in the middle of the process, there are strong indications that we are experiencing a watershed moment in the development of capitalism. Conjunctural crises such [...]

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Deflected Passive Revolution

Adam David Morton | March 4, 2016

In preparing for an engagement with Brecht De Smet’s new book Gramsci on Tahrir: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt, I thought it would be a good idea to dust-down a few earlier blog posts of mine in order to provide a ground-clearing exercise on thinking about Antonio Gramsci’s [...]

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Travels with Gramsci

Elizabeth Humphrys | June 17, 2015

Some paths to an event seem particularly labyrinthine, which only adds to the joy once a project reaches an unexpected destination.

When Adam David Morton arrived to take up his Professorship at Sydney in 2014, it coincided with a merging and re-foundation of a number of local Capital [...]

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Peter Thomas, ‘Revolutions, Passive and Permanent’

June 3, 2015

Peter Thomas (Brunel University), ‘Revolutions, Passive and Permanent’

This was the sixth and final seminar in the series for Semester 1, organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney.

Peter Thomas, author of the prize-winning The Gramscian Moment, [...]

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Peter Thomas, ‘Revolutions, Passive and Permanent’

May 13, 2015

Peter Thomas (Brunel University), ‘Revolutions, Passive and Permanent’

This is the sixth and final seminar in the series for Semester 1, organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney.

Peter Thomas, author of the prize-winning The Gramscian Moment, will [...]

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Call for Papers — On ‘Heroic Fury’ and Questions of Method in Antonio Gramsci

February 20, 2015

Call for Papers — On 'Heroic Fury' and Questions of Method in Antonio Gramsci

One-day graduate workshop, University of Sydney, 29 May 2015

With an update on the poster and the room location, on Friday 29 May, the Department of Political Economy at the University of [...]

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Call for Papers – On ‘Heroic Fury’ and Questions of Method in Antonio Gramsci

January 28, 2015

Call for Papers — On 'Heroic Fury' and Questions of Method in Antonio Gramsci

One-day graduate workshop, University of Sydney, 29 May 2015

On Friday 29 May, the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney is hosting a one-day graduate workshop [...]

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