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Political Hegemony and Social Complexity: Mechanisms of Power After Gramsci: International Political Theory

Autor Alex Williams
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How can we understand power in a world of ever-growing complexity? This book proposes that we can do so by rethinking the theory and practice of political hegemony through the resources of complexity theory. Taking Gramsci’s understanding of hegemony as its starting point, the book argues that the intricacies of contemporary power can be mapped by applying concepts drawn from complexity theory, such as emergence, self-organisation, metastability, and generative entrenchment. It develops an original account of social complexity, drawing upon critical realist sociology, analytic philosophy of science, Marxist and continental philosophies, and neoliberal and anarchist thought. It then draws out the elements of Gramscian hegemony that already align with complexity concepts, such as the balance of forces, common sense, and the historic bloc. On this basis, the book sets out the different dimensions of complex hegemonic power before using this theory to interpret the nature of the power of neoliberalism since 2008.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030197971
ISBN-10: 3030197972
Pagini: 252
Ilustrații: XI, 252 p. 7 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria International Political Theory

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1 Introduction.- 2 Complexity from the Sciences to Social Systems.- 3 Emergence and the Reality of Social Structure.- 4 Complexity & Political Dynamics.- 5 Ideologies of Self-Organisation.- 6 Gramscian Hegemony.- 7 Post-Structuralist Hegemony.- 8 Theorising Complex Hegemony.- 9 The Politics of Complex Hegemony.- 10 The Complex Hegemony of Neoliberalism.- 11 Conclusion.- Index.

Notă biografică

Alex Williams is a lecturer in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. His work focuses on power, technology, and strategy. He is the co-author of Inventing the Future (with N. Srnicek, 2015) and Hegemony Now (with J. Gilbert, forthcoming).

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How can we understand power in a world of ever-growing complexity? This book proposes that we can do so by rethinking the theory and practice of political hegemony through the resources of complexity theory. Taking Gramsci’s understanding of hegemony as its starting point, the book argues that the intricacies of contemporary power can be mapped by applying concepts drawn from complexity theory, such as emergence, self-organisation, metastability, and generative entrenchment. It develops an original account of social complexity, drawing upon critical realist sociology, analytic philosophy of science, Marxist and continental philosophies, and neoliberal and anarchist thought. It then draws out the elements of Gramscian hegemony that already align with complexity concepts, such as the balance of forces, common sense, and the historic bloc. On this basis, the book sets out the different dimensions of complex hegemonic power before using this theory to interpret the nature of the power of neoliberalism since 2008.Alex Williams is a lecturer in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. His work focuses on power, technology, and strategy. He is the co-author of Inventing the Future (with N. Srnicek, 2015) and Hegemony Now (with J. Gilbert, forthcoming).

Caracteristici

First book to integrate complexity theory with the theorisation and practice of hegemony Deploys new theoretical resources to rethink the persistence of neoliberalism since 2008 Provides a detailed and original reading of Gramsci, synthesising recent scholarship to demonstrate the absolute modernity of his core ideas