I wish to thank Professor Daniela Saresella, who had the idea of organizing (and helped me to arrange) the conference devoted to Antonio Gramsci that elicited many of these reflections, and Professor Antonino De Francesco, director of the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Milan, which financially supported the English translation. I would like also to thank Professors Marco Cuzzi and Irene Piazzoni, who supported me during the above-mentioned conference that took place in Milan (Italy) on October 2017, and Doctor Elia Zaru, who copy-edited the texts.