Gramsci and Global Politics

内容简介

The aim of this book is to explain and assess the relevance of the ideas of
Gramsci to a world fundamentally transformed from that in which his thought
was developed. It takes some of Gramsci’s best known concepts – hegemony,
civil society, passive revolution, the national-popular, trasformismo, the integral
state – and uses them creatively to analyse features of present-day politics,
assessing to what extent his ideas can aid our understanding of the contemporary
political world.
The book contains essays focused on: aspects of global politics (the development
of a global civil society, the validity of the knowledge claims of neo-
Gramscian International Relations specialists and the politics of the World Trade
Organization and the Alternative Globalisation Movement); contemporary feminism
and the problem of adjusting Gramsci’s theory of agency to modern conditions;
Turkish and Israeli politics; and a series of essays on present-day British
politics. The book concludes that while there remain considerable problems in
applying Gramsci’s concepts to the contemporary world, his political thought
still retains an attraction and validity that is likely to continue to inspire political
analysts well into the future.

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