historical bloc(excerpt from Gramsci reader)

3 Structure and Superstructures [iii]

Structures and superstructures form a 'historical bloc 1 . That is to say the complex, contradictory and discordant ensemble of the superstructures is the reflection of the ensemble of the social relations of production.

Forge, D., ed., 2001, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935. p.192