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Edited by William K. Carroll, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada<i>‘</i>The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci<i> provides a rigorous examination and utilization of Gramsci’s contributions to social and political thought. William Carroll has brought together internationally recognized scholars to explore Gramsci’s ideas and to demonstrate their contemporary relevance in debates ranging from hegemony, passive revolution, revolutionary strategy, populism, and education to the organic crises of neoliberalism and climate change – all written in the tradition of historical materialism and emancipatory politics.'</i>
- Marcus E. Green, Secretary of the International Gramsci Society,
<i>‘Considering the relevance of Antonio Gramsci across the social sciences and humanities, this volume has been long overdue. The various contributions place Gramsci’s work within his own time, develop his key concepts and explore their applicability to contemporary developments. This Companion is an essential touchstone for everyone interested in the continuing importance of this key Marxist thinker.’</i>
- Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK,
<i>‘With an impressive range of leading scholars, The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci is an enormous contribution to the relevance of Gramscian ideas to contemporary times. The volume is a rich and comprehensive engagement with Gramsci’s social and political thought and emancipatory politics. Placing Gramsci’s historical materialism as an organising pivot, the volume takes the reader on a journey from the political and social milieu in which Gramsci’s ideas came to fruition to his major concepts and, by applying his ideas and modes of analyses to understanding (and changing!) our current times, contemporary Gramscian scholarship. </i>The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci<i> is a real </i>tour de force<i>!’</i>
- Michelle Williams, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa,
Featuring contributions from eminent scholars, the Companion engages with Gramsci’s thought in the broader context of his life, outlining his innovative theoretical and historical analyses of capitalist modernity. Key themes within Gramscian theory are examined such as historical bloc, passive revolution, integral state, and civil society, which elaborate upon the core concept of hegemony. Chapters map out the development of historical materialism and rigorously analyse contemporary issues of urgency including climate breakdown, the rise of far-right populism, and increasing geopolitical tension.
Offering a state-of-the-art review of Gramscian theory, this Companion will prove beneficial to academics, researchers and students from across the social sciences and humanities, and will be essential reading for those interested in political economy and political theory, sociology, philosophy, radical and feminist economics, environmental studies, gender studies, and post-colonial and cultural studies.