Hegemony /
Power rarely works by force alone. It also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological or cultural leadership over others. This idea, hegemony, is a subtle, complex one, which is too often applied crudely. In t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; Medford, Massachusetts :
Polity Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Key concepts in political theory.
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| Summary: | Power rarely works by force alone. It also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological or cultural leadership over others. This idea, hegemony, is a subtle, complex one, which is too often applied crudely. In this succinct introduction, political theorist James Martin skilfully examines these nuances and shines a new light on hegemony. He introduces its component ideas and critically surveys the most influential thinking about hegemony, from Gramsci's theory of hegemony as a revolutionary strategy and Marxist theories of the state, politics and culture to the post-Marxist project of radical democracy. He then considers the concept's critical role in analyzing international politics and global political economy, and evaluates the criticism that hegemony is too state-centric to truly capture the dynamics of contemporary struggles for emancipation. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 132 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [116]-126) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781509521616 1509521615 9781509521609 1509521607 |