Gramsci is Dead

A book that counterposes the logic of affinity, as a political strategy followed by the new social movements such as the alterglobalization movement, from the logic of hegemony, as had been theorized by Gramsci.

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GRAMSCI IS DEAD. Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements. Richard J.F. Day. BTL Books, 2005

GRAMSCI'S CONCEPT OF hegemony casts a long shadow over radical political theory. Yet how far has this theory got us? Is it still central to feminism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anarchism, and other radical social movements today?

Richard Day shows how most contemporary movements attempt to develop new forms of self-organization that can run parallel-or as alternatives-to existing forms. They follow a logic of affinity rather than hegemony.

From Hegel's concept of recognition, through theories of hegemony and affinity, to Hardt and Negri's reflections on Empire, Day translates academia's theoretical and philosophical concerns to the politics of the street.