The antagonistic principle : Marxism and political action / by Massimo Modonesi ; translated by Larry Goldsmith.
In this important contribution to political theory, Massimo Modonesi develops the thesis that a Marxist theory of political action can be developed from the notion of antagonism, defined as a distinctive feature of struggle and of the political experience of insubordination. The author argues this c...
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| Other title: | Principio antagonista. English |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019]
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| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
182. |
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| Summary: | In this important contribution to political theory, Massimo Modonesi develops the thesis that a Marxist theory of political action can be developed from the notion of antagonism, defined as a distinctive feature of struggle and of the political experience of insubordination. The author argues this central idea with close reference to the concept of class struggle. He advances a theoretical proposal based on the triad subalternity-antagonism-autonomy, as well as the uneven and combined character of the processes of political subjectification. At the center of this triad, the concept of antagonism stands out as a logical principle and the core of a Marxist theory of political action. At the same time, subalternism reappears frequently, as the counter-pole of antagonistic activation and autonomous practices, and as the root of what Antonio Gramsci calls 'passive revolutions' |
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| Physical Description: | 188 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004322424 9004322426 |
| Language: | Translated from Spanish. |