Hegemony / James Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, James, 1968- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Key concepts in political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemony.

Physical Description:

viii, 132 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2022.

Summary:

Power rarely works by force alone: it also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes, and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological, or cultural leadership over others. This idea - hegemony - is a subtle, complex one, which is too often applied crudely. In this succinct introduction, political theorist James Martin skilfully examines these nuances and shines a new light on hegemony. He introduces its component ideas and critically surveys the most influential thinking about hegemony, from Gramsci's theory of hegemony as a revolutionary strategy and Marxist theories of the state, politics, and culture to the Post-Marxist project of radical democracy. He then considers the concept's critical role in analysing international politics and global political economy, and evaluates the criticism that hegemony is too state-centric to truly capture the dynamics of contemporary struggles for emancipation--back cover.

Contents:

1. What is hegemony?

2. Gramsci: Hegemony and revolution

3. Marxism: Hegemony and the state

4. Post-Marxism: Hegemony and radical democracy

5. Beyond the state: Hegemony in the world

6. The end of hegemony?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [116]-126) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781509521616

1509521615

9781509521609

1509521607

OCLC:

1267457636