The Sociology of Political Praxis (RLE: Gramsci)

The Sociology of Political Praxis (RLE: Gramsci)
Author: Leonardo Salamini
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317744292

This volume analyses the philosophical nature of Gramsci’s Marxism and its Hegelian source, the radical critique of the economistic tradition and the original analyses of the role of superstructures, ideology, consciousness and subjectivity in the revolutionary process. It relates the central themes of Gramsci’s writings, such as hegemony, ‘historical blocs’, the role of intellectuals and political praxis, to the more peripheral ones, such as science, language, literature and art. The introduction includes a brief intellectual biography of Gramsci.

The Sociology of Political Praxis (RLE: Gramsci)

The Sociology of Political Praxis (RLE: Gramsci)
Author: Leonardo Salamini
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317744284

This volume analyses the philosophical nature of Gramsci’s Marxism and its Hegelian source, the radical critique of the economistic tradition and the original analyses of the role of superstructures, ideology, consciousness and subjectivity in the revolutionary process. It relates the central themes of Gramsci’s writings, such as hegemony, ‘historical blocs’, the role of intellectuals and political praxis, to the more peripheral ones, such as science, language, literature and art. The introduction includes a brief intellectual biography of Gramsci.

Defiant Sounds

Defiant Sounds
Author: Nelson Varas-Díaz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2023-03-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1793651868

Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South brings together authors working from and/or with the Global South to reflect on the roles of metal music throughout their respective regions. The essays position metal music at the epicenter of region-specific experiences of oppression marked by colonialism, ethnic extermination, political persecution, and war. More importantly, the authors stress how metal music is used throughout the Global South to face these oppressive experiences, foster hope, and promote an agenda that seeks to build a better world.

Gramsci and Marxist Theory (RLE: Gramsci)

Gramsci and Marxist Theory (RLE: Gramsci)
Author: Chantal Mouffe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317744381

This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci’s thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci’s theoretical contribution to Marxism, focussing in particular on his advances in the study of the superstructures, and discussing his relation to Marx and Lenin and his influence in Eurocommunism. Different interpretations are put forward concerning the elucidation of Gramsci’s key concepts, namely: hegemony, integral state, war of position and passive revolution.

Routledge Library Editions: Gramsci

Routledge Library Editions: Gramsci
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1199
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317744268

In the years since the publication of the Prison Notebooks, the interest and importance of Antonio Gramsci’s contribution to Marxist thought and political analysis has become widely recognised. The concern to explore and identify the structures of the capitalist state is both the principal characteristic of Gramsci’s theoretical and political writings and also the inspiration for his writings on Italian history. This set re-issues four volumes by leading commentators on Gramsci's politics and philosophy which were originally published between 1979 and 1981.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology

Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology
Author: Maria Grasso
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 723
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1803921234

This comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedia, featuring entries written by academic experts in the field, explores the diverse topics within the discipline of political sociology. By looking at both macro- and micro-components, questions relating to nation-states, political institutions and their development, and the sources of social and political change such as social movements and other forms of contentious politics, are raised and critically analysed.

Marxism and the City

Marxism and the City
Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 1992
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0198279248

In this work, Katznelson critically analyzes the development of Marxist scholarship on cities in the last quarter century. He demonstrates how some of the most important weaknesses in Marxism as a social theory can be remedied by forcing it to seriously engage with cities and spatial concerns, and explains the significant shortcomings even of this "improved" Marxism. Katznelson explores how a Marxism that is open to engagement with other social-theoretical traditions can help illuminate our understanding of cities and the patterns of class and group formation that have characterized urban life in the West.

Images of Gramsci

Images of Gramsci
Author: Andreas Bieler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317998677

A comprehensive reassessment of the relevance of Gramsci’s theory and practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Whilst commentaries on Antonio Gramsci and arguments surrounding his political and intellectual legacy have proliferated, little attention has been hitherto directed to linking the connections and contentions between Political Theory and International Political Economy. This volume brings together leading authorities engaged in common debates to produce, for the first time, a major collection that clarifies, addresses, and lays bare the manifest connections and contentions within political and international theory surrounding the legacy of Antonio Gramsci. In Part I, scholars examine various approaches to Gramsci’s thought, including his methodological principles, the specific conception of civil society he offers, his writings on war and cultural struggle, the spatial dimension of his thinking, and his philosophy of history. Part II focuses on very new developments in Gramsci scholarship concerning the questioning of contemporary world order. This includes reflections on his relevancy to issues of globalising capitalism, transformations in the state, revolutionary praxis, orientalism and empire, as well as European regionalism. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. (CRISPP)

Confucian Marxism

Confucian Marxism
Author: Weigang Chen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2013-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004255931

Buttressed by an autocratic system, China’s colossal economic growth over the past decades seems to have had the paradoxical effect of undermining the foundation of Western domination but at the same time invigorating Eurocentricism. In particular, it highlights the current relevance of the central conviction of Weber’s Orient: the absence of civic roots in non-Western societies will create a kind of “uncivic” capitalist system in which one has no choice but to seek to compensate for instabilities through authoritarian institutions. Does this mean that the West may alone afford to harmonize political stability with the universalistic ideal of justice as the basic structure of society? If not, how then is it possible to develop a notion of the primacy of social justice that transcends the limits of liberal democracy? This book aims at addressing these timely questions by drawing on “Confucian Marxism”—a distinctive perspective on civil society.