"Ginzburg always maintained a strong civic commitment to the present, which is one of the many distinctive features of his work. Another one was his pioneering engagement with historical method, largely shaped by a recognition of the historical insight offered by anomalies and exceptions. His first book, Night Battles (1966), did not only shed light on a previously undiscovered agrarian cult but investigated the relationship between dominant and subaltern culture, building on Antonio Gramsci'...

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