ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |11 pages
Facing the Future, Evaluating the Past
part |38 pages
Theoretical Foundations
chapter |12 pages
The Challenge to Traditional Intellectuals
chapter |9 pages
Gramsci's Subversion of the Language of Politics
part |54 pages
Political Interventions
part |31 pages
Reflections and Explorations