Gramsci's political thought : hegemony, consciousness, and the revolutionary process
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Gramsci's political thought : hegemony, consciousness, and the revolutionary process
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, c1987
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Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Oxford University, 1981
Bibliography: p. [286]-298
Includes index
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ISBN 9780198272519
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...essential reading for all those concerned with the current debates about the nature of democracy and social change in industrial societies.'___ Political Quarterly .
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: pbk. ISBN 9780198275435
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The unifying idea of Gramsci's famous Prison Notebooks is the concept of hegemony. In his study of these fragmentary writings, now published in paperback for the first time, Dr Femia elucidates the precise character of this concept, explores its basic philosophical assumptions, and sets out its implications for Gramsci's explanation of social stability and his vision of the revolutionary process.
A number of prevalent and often contradictory myths are demolished, and, moreover, certain neglected aspects of his thought are stressed, including the predominant role he attributed to economic factors, the importance he gave to 'contradictory consciousness', and the close connection between his political thinking and his fundamental philosophical premises.
The author concludes by critically examining Gramsci's novel solutions to three long-standing problems for Marxist theory: why has the Western working class not carried out its revolutionary mission; what is the appropriate strategy for a Marxist party working within an advanced capitalist framework; and what are the reasons behind the failure of existing socialist states in their task of liberation.
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