Hegemony: 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.
Author(s): Jonathan Joseph
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Realism and hegemony......Page 14
A theoretical history......Page 30
Gramsci's realist hegemony......Page 32
Classical Marxism: Lenin and Trotsky......Page 56
English debates and the structuralism of Poulantzas......Page 82
Posts and structures......Page 112
Theoretical questions......Page 136
Two types of hegemony: structural hegemony and hegemonic projects......Page 138
Objectivity and intersubjectivity......Page 159
Hegemony through time and space......Page 175
Economy and hegemony......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 222
Notes......Page 234
Bibliography......Page 237
Index......Page 248
