Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations / Edition 1

by Stephen Gill

Overview

The essays collected here relate the writings of Antonio Gramsci and others to the contemporary reconstruction of historical materialist theories of international relations. The contributors analyze the contradiction between globalizing and territorially based social and political forces in the context of past, present, and future world orders, and view the emerging world order as undergoing a structural transformation, a "triple crisis" involving economic, political and "socio-cultural" change. The prevailing trend of the 1980s and early 1990s toward the marketization and commodification of social relations leads the contributors to argue that socialism needs to be redefined away from the totalizing visions associated with Marxism-Leninism, toward the idea of the self defense of society and social choice to counter the disintegrating and atomizing effects of globalizing and unplanned market forces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521435239
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/26/1993
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations , #26
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Preface Stephen Gill; Part I. Philosophical and Theoretical Reflections: 1. Epistemology, ontology and the 'Italian School' Stephen Gill; 2. Gramsci, hegemony and international relations: an essay in method Robert Cox; 3. Alienation, capitalism and the inter-state system: toward a Marxian/Gramscian critique Mark Rupert; 4. Global hegemony and the structural power of capital Stephen Gill and David Law; Part II. Past, Present and Future: 5. Gramsci and international relations: a general perspective with examples from recent US policy toward the Third World Enrico Augelli and Craig Murphy; 6. The three hegemonies of historical capitalism Giovanni Arrighi; 7. The hegemonic transition in East Asia: a historical perspective Barry Gills; 8. Internationalisation and democratisation: southern Europe, Latin America and the world economic crisis Otto Holman; 9. Soviet socialism and passive revolution Kees Van Der Pijl; 10. Structural issues of global governance Robert Cox.

Editorial Reviews

"...a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature as both an introduction to and an illustration of the promise of a Gramscian approach to internnational relations." David L. Blaney, Mershon International Studies Review

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