Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy (Reading Gramsci): Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy

‘Powerful and clarifying... The book's combination of careful argument and cogent illustration will make this a landmark volume in Gramscian studies.'John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power ‘Morton draws upon an impressive knowledge of Gramsci's writings to provide new insights into key processes in today's world order.'Anne Showstack Sassoon, Emeritus Professor, Kingston University and Visiting Professor, Birkbeck College, University of London Unravelling Gramsci makes extensive use of Antonio Gramsci's writings, including his much-overlooked pre-prison journalism, prison letters, as well as his prison notebooks, to provide a fresh approach to understanding his contemporary relevance in the current neoliberal world order. Adam Morton examines in detail the themes of hegemony, passive revolution and uneven development to provide a useful way of analysing the contemporary global political economy, the project of neoliberalism, processes of state formation, and practices of resistance. The book explores the theoretical and practical limitations of how Gramsci's ideas can be used today, offering a broad insight into state formation and the international factors shaping hegemony within a capitalist framework. Unravelling Gramsci makes extensive use of Antonio Gramsci's writings, including his pre-prison journalism, prison letters, and prison notebooks, to provide a fresh approach to understanding his contemporary relevance in the current neoliberal world order. Adam David Morton examines in detail the themes of hegemony, passive revolution, and uneven development to provide a useful way of analyzing the contemporary global political economy, neoliberalism, state formation, and practices of resistance. The book explores the theoretical and practical limitations to the use of Gramsci's ideas today. "Powerful and clarifying . . . a landmark volume." ---John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles "Morton draws upon an impressive knowledge of Gramsci's writings to provide new insights into key processes in today's world order." ---Anne Showstack Sassoon, Kingston University and Birbeck College, University of London. Unravelling Gramsci makes extensive use of Antonio Gramsci's writings, including his much- overlooked pre-prison journalism, prison letters, as well as his prison notebooks, to provide a fresh approach to understanding his contemporary relevance in the current neoliberal world order. Adam Morton examines in detail the themes of hegemony, passive revolution and uneven development to provide a useful way of analysing the contemporary global political economy, the project of neoliberalism, processes of state formation, and practices of resistance. The book explores the theoretical and practical limitations of how Gramsci's ideas can be used today, offering a broad insight into state formation and the international factors shaping hegemony within a capitalist framework Gramsci is known best for his work and concept of Hegemony. This work makes use of Gramsci's writings to provide a fresh approach to understanding both Gramsci and the neoliberal world order. It also examines Gramsci's contemporary relevance, and argues that themes of hegemony provide a way of analysing the contemporary global political economy Adam David Morton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 222-246) And Index.