Gramsci and Contemporary Politics: Beyond Pessimism of the Intellect / Edition 1

by Anne Showstack Showstack Sassoon, Anne Showstack Sassoon

Overview

Can politics now be both radical and realistic? Gramsci and Contemporary Politics is a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoon's writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan to Clinton and Blair; the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy. Applying original interpretations of Antonio Gramsci's ideas on the intellectuals, political language, civil society and political leadership, she argues that drawing from the past, and broadening contemporary sources of political and academic knowledge can contribute to a grounded, radical hegemonic politics which can bring about change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415162142
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/02/2000
Series:	Routledge Innovations in Political Theory , #4
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Related Subjects

• Communists & Socialists - Political Biography
• Communists - Biography
• General & Miscellaneous European Political Biography
• Italy - Political Biography
• Political Science - History