The antagonistic principle : Marxism and political action / by Massimo Modonesi ; translated by Larry Goldsmith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Modonesi, Massimo, 1971- author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 182.

Historical materialism book series ; volume 182

Standardized Title:

Principio antagonista. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Political activists.

Passive resistance.

Physical Description:

188 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from Spanish.

Summary:

In this important contribution to political theory, Massimo Modonesi develops the thesis that a Marxist theory of political action can be developed from the notion of antagonism, defined as a distinctive feature of struggle and of the political experience of insubordination. The author argues this central idea with close reference to the concept of class struggle. He advances a theoretical proposal based on the triad subalternity-antagonism-autonomy, as well as the uneven and combined character of the processes of political subjectification. At the center of this triad, the concept of antagonism stands out as a logical principle and the core of a Marxist theory of political action. At the same time, subalternism reappears frequently, as the counter-pole of antagonistic activation and autonomous practices, and as the root of what Antonio Gramsci calls 'passive revolutions'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004322424

9004322426

OCLC:

1056197182