Gonna miss my little hunchbacked buddy

I have a habit of making friends with the people whose work I read. Most of the time this friendship isn't real in any practical sense (especially if they are deceased - no seances have or will occur!). But I often find myself feeling an odd kind of personal affection when I really vibe with a particular author/theorist/researcher.

And so it has been these past five weeks with Antonio Gramsci. I've been reading his work as part of my course in contemporary sociological theory and have been wooed by his pragmatic, multifaceted approach to understanding social change. I'm gonna miss the lil' guy as we move on to Bourdieu this week. Who knows how Pierre and I will hit it off...