Gramsci Marxist Materialism

In the academic circle, it is a disputable question that how to understand Marx's historical materialism. It can be said that different views on the question, to a certain extent, has decided the development of Marxism in the future. Because the theoreticians of the Second International made the Marx's thoughts to be vulgarized, lots of the western Marxists emphasize the dimension of subjectivity and the cultural spirit in Marx's thoughts. Among them, Gramsci provided the outstanding enlightenment on inheriting and developing Marx's historical materialism. "Practice" is the basis and core of Marx's historical materialism. On this spot, Gramsci regarded Marx's historical materialism as the practical philosophy, and creatively turned it toward the culture. Firstly, he put the "Civil Society" limit in the superstructure. Then, he proposed the thought of cultural and ideology hegemony, which is the theoretical foundation of the social revolution transforming mobile warfare into positional warfare. Generally speaking, developed Marx's historical materialism by Gramsci enlightens people must regarded Marx's historical materialism as a dynamic and open system whether in the theoretical construction or in the actual practical activities.