Buttigieg specialized in modern European literature and theory.[8] He was translator and editor of the three-volume English edition of Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, published from 1992 to 2007 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[9] He was a founding member and president of the International Gramsci Society, founded to facilitate communication between those who study Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci,[10] one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy. Buttigieg also served as chair of the English Department at Notre Dame and was promoted to William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English.[5] He took emeritus status upon retiring in 2017.[5] He died on January 27, 2019.[1
I was thinking how proud his father must be. Than I looked up dear ol Dad and found this on his Wikipedia page. Another Communist, how shocking
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Buttigieg
Buttigieg specialized in modern European literature and theory.[8] He was translator and editor of the three-volume English edition of Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, published from 1992 to 2007 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[9] He was a founding member and president of the International Gramsci Society, founded to facilitate communication between those who study Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci,[10] one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy. Buttigieg also served as chair of the English Department at Notre Dame and was promoted to William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English.[5] He took emeritus status upon retiring in 2017.[5] He died on January 27, 2019.[1
Nice dig. Not surprising.