Gramsci stated that bourgeois cultural values were tied to folklore, popular culture and religion, and therefore much of his analysis of hegemonic culture is aimed at these. He was also impressed by the influence that the Catholic Church had and the care it had taken to prevent an excessive gap from developing between the religion of the learned and that of the less educated. Gramsci saw Marxism as a marriage of the purely intellectual critique of religion found in Renaissance humanism and the elements of the Reformation that had appealed to the masses. For Gramsci, Marxism could supersede religion only if it met people's spiritual needs, and to do so people would have to think of it as an expression of their own experience.
gramsci stated that bourgeois cultural values were tied to folklore popular culture and religion and therefore much of his analysis of hegemonic culture is aimed at these he was also impressed by the influence that the catholic church had and the care it had taken to prevent an excessive gap from developing between the religion of the learned and that of the less educated gramsci saw marxism as a marriage of the purely intellectual critique of religion found in renaissance humanism and the elements of the reformation that had appealed to the masses for gramsci marxism could supersede religion only if it met people's spiritual needs and to do so people would have to think of it as an expression of their own experience