Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 26)

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. Frontmatter......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Notes on contributors......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Gramsci and global politics: towards a post-hegemonic research agenda......Page 13 PART I - PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS......Page 31 1 - Epistemology, ontology, and the `Italian School'......Page 33 2 - Gramsci, hegemony and international relations: an essay in method......Page 61 3 - Alienation, capitalism and the inter-state system: toward a Marxian/Gramscian critique......Page 79 4 - Global hegemony and the structural power of capital......Page 105 PART II - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE......Page 137 5 - Gramsci and international relations: a general perspective with examples from recent US policy toward the Third World......Page 139 6 - The three hegemonies of historical capitalism......Page 160 7 - The hegemonic transition in East Asia: a historical perspective......Page 198 8 - Intemationalisation and democratisation: Southern Europe, Latin America and the world economic Crisis......Page 225 9 - Soviet socialism and passive revolution......Page 249 10 - Structural issues of global governance: implications for Europe......Page 271 References......Page 302 Index......Page 320 Titles in the series......Page 333 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 analyse the contradiction between globalising 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 marketisation and commodification of social relations leads the contributors to argue that socialism needs to be redefined away from the totalising visions associated with Marxism-Leninism, towards the idea of the self-defence of society and social choice to counter the disintegrating and atomising effects of globalising and unplanned market forces. 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 analyse the contradiction between globalising 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 'sociocultural' change. The prevailing trend of the 1980s and early 1990s toward the marketisation and commodification of social relations leads the contributors to argue that socialism needs to be redefined away from the totalising visions associated with Marxism-Leninism, towards the idea of the self-defence of society and social choice to counter the disintegrating and atomising effects of globalising and unplanned market forces This book relates the writings of Antonio Gramsci and others to the contemporary reconstruction of historical materialist theories of international relations. The contributors argue that the emerging world order is undergoing a 'triple crisis' involving economic, political and 'socio-cultural' change. Edited By Stephen Gill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 290-307) And Indexes.