Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony : Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle.
Shandro, Alan.
Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony : Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (401 pages) - Historical Materialism Book Series ; v.72 . - Historical Materialism Book Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Philosophical Fact: Hegemony in the Class Struggle -- Gramscian Hegemony and Lenin -- The Post-Marxist Deconstruction of Hegemony -- Lenin as Symbol -- Hegemony in the Philosophy of Lenin's Politics -- The Thread of the Argument -- 2 On the Relation of Theory and Practice: Karl Kautsky and the First Post-Marxist -- Orthodoxy and Apostasy -- 'Critical Marxism' and Orthodoxy -- The Agrarian Prelude -- The First Post-Marxist -- The Rejoinder -- Theory and Consciousness -- History -- Science -- Workers and Intellectuals -- Politics and Epistemology -- Practice and Theory -- Political Will and the Party -- Theory in a Community of Struggle -- 3 Situating Marxism in Russia: Ambiguous Coordinates -- Karl Marx and the Russian Commune -- Georgii Plekhanov and the Transformation of Russian Society -- Forces of Revolution and the Problem of Hegemony -- Intellectuals, Consciousness and Hegemony -- Lenin and Marxist Orthodoxy -- Class Struggle in the Democratic Revolution -- Hegemony as Socialist Consciousness -- 4 Marxism, Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Spontaneity and Consciousness in the Class Struggle -- Conventional Wisdom -- Historical Questions -- Political Questions -- An 'Irreconcilable Antagonism . . . to the Whole' -- A Logic of Political Struggle -- A Strategic Analysis -- Some Implications -- 5 Dogmatism and Criticism: Freedom in the Class Struggle -- The Argument About Freedom -- The Argument About Theory -- 6 Two Orientations to Hegemony: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks -- The Iskra Consensus and Its Limits -- The Congress and the Split -- Menshevism and Hegemony -- Rosa Luxemburg's Critique -- Lenin and the Logic of Factional Struggle -- Two Orientations to Hegemony -- From Orientation to Revolution -- 7 The Mechanics of Proletarian Hegemony: Solidarity in the Class Struggle. An Alliance of Workers and Peasants -- Class Alliance in Theory and Practice -- Proletarian Hegemony and Historical Materialism -- Proletarian Hegemony and Peasant Ideology -- 'Permanent Revolution' -- The Advent of the Soviets -- Lenin's Intervention -- The Spontaneous Movement and Hegemony -- Theory and Practice in the Struggle for Hegemony -- 8 Imperialism and the Logic of Hegemony: The 'People' in the Class Struggle -- The War and the Split in Socialism -- A Hegelian Epiphany? -- 'Kautskyism' and the Highest Stage of Capitalism -- Parasitism and Social Decay -- 'Imperialist Economism' -- The State and the Logic of Revolution -- The Logic of Revolution and Hegemony -- A People's Revolution -- 9 The Arm of Criticism and the Criticism of Arms: Courage in the Class Struggle -- Class Struggle and the Rule of Law -- Class Power and Political Form -- Class Struggle and Political Community -- Community and Class Consciousness -- Class Consciousness and Courage -- 10 A Modern Prince to Discourses of Resistance . . . and Back? -- From Empire to Commonwealth? -- The Modern Prince and the 'Discourses' -- Prince and People -- Appendix 1 Karl Kautsky, 'The Revision of the Austrian Social Democratic Programme' -- Appendix 2 Text and Context in the Argument of Lenin's What Is to Be Done? -- Appendix 3 Lenin as a Reader of What Is to Be Done? -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony Alan Shandro traces the emergence of the concept of hegemony in Lenin's engagement with the concrete characteristics of the class struggle in Russia and thereby clarifies how the concept works.
9789004271067
Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich,-1870-1924-Political and social views.
Hegemony-Philosophy.
Social conflict-Philosophy.
Socialism-Soviet Union-History.
Political participation-Soviet Union-History.
Soviet Union-Politics and government-1917-1936.
Electronic books.
DK254.L46.S543 2014
947.0841092
Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony : Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (401 pages) - Historical Materialism Book Series ; v.72 . - Historical Materialism Book Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Philosophical Fact: Hegemony in the Class Struggle -- Gramscian Hegemony and Lenin -- The Post-Marxist Deconstruction of Hegemony -- Lenin as Symbol -- Hegemony in the Philosophy of Lenin's Politics -- The Thread of the Argument -- 2 On the Relation of Theory and Practice: Karl Kautsky and the First Post-Marxist -- Orthodoxy and Apostasy -- 'Critical Marxism' and Orthodoxy -- The Agrarian Prelude -- The First Post-Marxist -- The Rejoinder -- Theory and Consciousness -- History -- Science -- Workers and Intellectuals -- Politics and Epistemology -- Practice and Theory -- Political Will and the Party -- Theory in a Community of Struggle -- 3 Situating Marxism in Russia: Ambiguous Coordinates -- Karl Marx and the Russian Commune -- Georgii Plekhanov and the Transformation of Russian Society -- Forces of Revolution and the Problem of Hegemony -- Intellectuals, Consciousness and Hegemony -- Lenin and Marxist Orthodoxy -- Class Struggle in the Democratic Revolution -- Hegemony as Socialist Consciousness -- 4 Marxism, Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Spontaneity and Consciousness in the Class Struggle -- Conventional Wisdom -- Historical Questions -- Political Questions -- An 'Irreconcilable Antagonism . . . to the Whole' -- A Logic of Political Struggle -- A Strategic Analysis -- Some Implications -- 5 Dogmatism and Criticism: Freedom in the Class Struggle -- The Argument About Freedom -- The Argument About Theory -- 6 Two Orientations to Hegemony: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks -- The Iskra Consensus and Its Limits -- The Congress and the Split -- Menshevism and Hegemony -- Rosa Luxemburg's Critique -- Lenin and the Logic of Factional Struggle -- Two Orientations to Hegemony -- From Orientation to Revolution -- 7 The Mechanics of Proletarian Hegemony: Solidarity in the Class Struggle. An Alliance of Workers and Peasants -- Class Alliance in Theory and Practice -- Proletarian Hegemony and Historical Materialism -- Proletarian Hegemony and Peasant Ideology -- 'Permanent Revolution' -- The Advent of the Soviets -- Lenin's Intervention -- The Spontaneous Movement and Hegemony -- Theory and Practice in the Struggle for Hegemony -- 8 Imperialism and the Logic of Hegemony: The 'People' in the Class Struggle -- The War and the Split in Socialism -- A Hegelian Epiphany? -- 'Kautskyism' and the Highest Stage of Capitalism -- Parasitism and Social Decay -- 'Imperialist Economism' -- The State and the Logic of Revolution -- The Logic of Revolution and Hegemony -- A People's Revolution -- 9 The Arm of Criticism and the Criticism of Arms: Courage in the Class Struggle -- Class Struggle and the Rule of Law -- Class Power and Political Form -- Class Struggle and Political Community -- Community and Class Consciousness -- Class Consciousness and Courage -- 10 A Modern Prince to Discourses of Resistance . . . and Back? -- From Empire to Commonwealth? -- The Modern Prince and the 'Discourses' -- Prince and People -- Appendix 1 Karl Kautsky, 'The Revision of the Austrian Social Democratic Programme' -- Appendix 2 Text and Context in the Argument of Lenin's What Is to Be Done? -- Appendix 3 Lenin as a Reader of What Is to Be Done? -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony Alan Shandro traces the emergence of the concept of hegemony in Lenin's engagement with the concrete characteristics of the class struggle in Russia and thereby clarifies how the concept works.
9789004271067
Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich,-1870-1924-Political and social views.
Hegemony-Philosophy.
Social conflict-Philosophy.
Socialism-Soviet Union-History.
Political participation-Soviet Union-History.
Soviet Union-Politics and government-1917-1936.
Electronic books.
DK254.L46.S543 2014
947.0841092