Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle (Historical Materialism Book Series, 72)

Book info: Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle (Historical Materialism Book Series, 72) (Hardcover, 402 pages) – Brill, 2014. Language: English.

In Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony, by means of a careful textual and contextual analysis of the writings of Lenin and his Marxist contemporaries, Alan Shandro traces the contours of the ‘(anti-) metaphysical event’ identified by Gramsci in Lenin’s political practice and theory, the emergence of the ‘philosophical fact’ of hegemony. In so doing, he effectively disputes conventional caricatures of Lenin’s role as a political actor and thinker and unearths the underlying parameters of the concept of hegemony in the class struggle. He thereby clarifies the conceptual status of this pervasive but now increasingly elusive notion and the logic of theory and practice at work in it. Editorial Reviews About the Author Alan Shandro teaches political theory at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He is on the editorial board of Science & Society and has published a number of articles in Marxist political philosophy.