Hegemony: A Realist AnalysisHegemony: A Realist Analysis is a new and original approach to this important concept. It presents a theoretical history of the use of hegemony in a range of work starting with a discussion of Gramsci and Russian Marxism and going on to look at more recent applications. It examines the current debates and discusses the new direction to Marx made by Jacques Derrida, before outlining a critical realist/Marxist alternative. This book employs critical realist philosophy in an explanatory way to help clarify the concept of hegemony and its relation to societal processes. This work contributes to recent debates in social science and political philosophy, developing both the concept of hegemony itself, and the work of critical realism. |
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activity Althusser Althusser’s analysis Anderson argues articulation aspect basis Bhaskar bourgeois capital accumulation capitalist civil society class struggle cohesion complex concept of hegemony concrete conflict consciousness context crisis critical realism cultural deeper defined definition democracy Derrida dialectical discourse distinction dominant economic emphasis exist fascism first forces Fordism function globalisation Gramsci Habermas hegemonic projects hegemony’s hermeneutic historical bloc historicism human practices ideas ideology influence interests intersubjective intransitive knowledge labour aristocracy Laclau and Mouffe leadership Lenin Marx Marxism means mechanisms mode of production nature necessary notion objective ontological organisation particular party petite bourgeoisie philosophy political position possible Poulantzas Poulantzas’s power2 praxis proletariat reduced reflects reproduction revolution role ruling class scientific sense significance social democracy social formation social groups social practices social relations social structures space specific strategy stratified structural hegemony superstructure theory of hegemony Thompson transformation Trotsky Trotsky’s underlying unity Western Marxism Wittgenstein