Posterity: inventing tradition from Petrarch to Gramsci.

The article discusses two book reviews from the Intellectual History Review. The first review is of a book titled "Colonial Capitalism" by Ince, which examines the relationship between capitalism, liberalism, and imperialism in the British imperial world. The reviewer praises the book for its methodological ingenuity but suggests that it could have included a wider range of liberal thinkers. The second review is of a book titled "Posterity: Inventing Tradition from Petrarch to Gramsci" by Rubini, which explores the intellectual tradition that emerged in Italy from Petrarch to Gramsci. The reviewer highlights the book's focus on the deliberate making of tradition and its engagement with the works of various writers. [Extracted from the article]