Unravelling Gramsci

By Adam David Morton

Unravelling Gramsci
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Reading Gramsci -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: the North/South Question of Uneven Development -- The 'North/South' Question of Uneven Development -- Organisation of the Book -- Part I Engaging Gramsci -- 2. Historicising Gramsci: Situating Ideas in and Beyond their Context -- Interpretative Controversies -- Historicising Gramsci -- Conclusion: Past and Present -- 3. State Formation, Passive Revolution and the International System -- State Formation, Sovereign Territoriality and Capitalism -- Machiavelli in Perspective: Renaissance Italy -- Gramsci in Perspective: Towards the Italian Risorgimento -- Conclusion: 'the Riddle of History' -- 4. A Return to Gramsci: 'The Moment of Hegemony' -- From L'Ordine Nuovo and the Biennio Rosso to the Quaderni del Carcere -- The 'Moment of Hegemony' and Ethico-political History -- Historical Bloc and 'Counter'hegemony: Theoretical and Practical Aspects -- Juxtaposing the 'National' Point of Departure and 'the International' -- 'Americanism and Fordism' -- Conclusion: 'Resisting "Encrocement"' -- Part II Gramsci, World Order, and Resistance -- 5. Hegemony and World Order: Neo-Gramscian Perspectives and the Global Political Economy -- A Critical Theory Route to Hegemony, World Order, and Historical Change -- The Constitution of Hegemony -- Pax Americana and Globalisation -- From the Internationalisation of the State to Globalisation -- Welcome Debate: Controversies Surrounding Neo-Gramscian Perspectives -- Conclusion: the Future of Hegemony? -- 6. The Global Political Economy of Uneven Development -- Contesting the Transnational State -- The Passive Revolution of Capital -- The History of Mexico Seen as a Struggle of 'Passive Revolution'? -- Conclusion: the Shifting Sands of Hegemony

Book Details

  • Country: US
  • Published: 2007
  • Publisher: Pluto Press
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 197
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