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Gramsci and contemporary politics : beyond pessimism of the intellect
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Gramsci and contemporary politics : beyond pessimism of the intellect

Author: Anne Showstack Sassoon
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series: Routledge innovations in political theory, 4.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Can politics be both radical and realistic? This book 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. Looking at the role of intellectuals in 'rethinking' politics, she argues that drawing from the past and broadening contemporary sources of political and academic
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Named Person: Antonio Gramsci; Antonio Gramsci; Antonio Gramsci
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Showstack Sassoon
ISBN: 0415162149 9780415162142
OCLC Number: 41649681
Description: 173 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Facing the future, evaluating the past --
Pt. 1. Theoretical foundations. 2. The challenge to traditional intellectuals: specialisation, organisation, leadership. 3. The politics of the organic intellectuals: passion, understanding, knowledge. 4. Gramsci's subversion of the language of politics --
Pt. 2. Political interventions. 5. Equality and difference: the emergence of a new concept of citizenship. 6. Back to the future: the resurrection of civil society. 7. Beyond pessimism of the intellect: agendas for social justice and change. 8. From realism to creativity: Gramsci, Blair and us --
Pt. 3. Reflections and explorations. 9. Rethinking socialism: new processes, new insights. 10. Dear parent ...
Series Title: Routledge innovations in political theory, 4.
Responsibility: Anne Showstack Sassoon.
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