ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Realism and hegemony
part |105 pages
A theoretical history
chapter |24 pages
Gramsci's realist hegemony
chapter |30 pages
English debates and the structuralism of Poulantzas
chapter |24 pages
Posts and structures
part |97 pages
Theoretical questions