From Subordination to Revolution

A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilization

John Chalcraft (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

414 Seiten

2025
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41681-9 (ISBN)

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At a time of mass discontent, revolutionary weakness, and right-wing ascendancy, John Chalcraft presents a new theory of popular mobilization. From Subordination to Revolution is based on an innovative reading of the living Gramscian tradition, and it offers an alternative to conservative, liberal, Marxist, and poststructuralist theory. Drawing on examples from across the globe, Chalcraft defines popular mobilization as the many ways in which subordinated groups rearrange their relationships to challenge and overcome domination. The theory sets out a fertile constellation of concepts encompassing the many faces and phases of the long journey from subordination to revolution. This approach breaks ground in connecting the social, structural, spatio-temporal, strategic, and transnational elements of popular mobilization. It also enables Chalcraft to situate anew the fundamental issues of domination, autonomy, consent, and leadership and put forward new arguments about party and bloc. The point is to link together diverse popular struggles in the contemporary world.

John Chalcraft is Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His previous books include The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories, The Invisible Cage: Syrian Migrant Workers in Lebanon, and Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction
1. The Originality of the Living Gramscian Tradition
2. The Faces and Phases of Popular Mobilization
3. The Torturous Contradictions of Domination
4. The Wellsprings of Autonomy
5. The Expansive Search for Consent
6. The Roiling Ferment of Revolution
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2025
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-520-41681-3 / 0520416813
ISBN-13	978-0-520-41681-9 / 9780520416819
Zustand	Neuware