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Zusatztext 'For more than thirty years! celebration of 'civil society' (as the apparent champion of freedom! pluralism! inclusion! democracy! human rights! etc.) has served as one of the most fruitful mechanisms of neo-liberal ideology! and it has masked the consolidation of new forms of oligarchic power across Latin America and the world as a whole. Fonseca's valuable book helps to explode the conceptual basis of this charade! and goes a long way towards explaining what must be done to relaunch emancipatory political action on a more resolute! more decisive! and more lucid basis. Debunking one-sided readings of Gramsci that have sought to align him with the demobilising thematics of civil society and postmodern fragmentation! Fonseca's searching and detailed reinterpretation reconstructs the underlying unity of Gramsci's philosophy of praxis as a forceful articulation of grassroots popular engagement on the one hand with disciplined and coordinated organisation on the other.'Peter Hallward! Kingston University London! UK'Fonseca's book is well written and gives us very useful insights on reading Gramsci. One of the great advantages of this book is its clear structure and the way it provides detailed information on?The Prison Notebooks! which makes it very valuable to anyone who is interested in Gramsci.'Ecem Karlidag! Political Studies Review Informationen zum Autor Marco Fonseca is an instructor in the Department of International Studies at Glendon College! York University. His current research involves a reconsideration of Hegel's and Gramsci's critiques of civil society. Zusammenfassung Based on a careful reading of Gramsci's The Prison Notes, and following his critique of citizenship, civil society and democracy, Marco Fonseca shows hegemony as more than leadership of elites over subaltern majorities based on "consent". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Rethinking Structures and Superstructures 2. On Moral and Intellectual Reform 3. The Process of Hegemony 4. A Critique of Civil Society 5. War of Position as Counter-Hegemony 6. The Modern Prince: Refounding the State Conclusion: Towards a New Concept of Hegemony ...
