Contesting Colonial Hegemony: Gramsci And Imperialism

Synopsis

"The English-speaking world rediscovered Antonio Gramsci's writings on hegemony in the 1970s. Since then his ideas on the nature of state power and popular compliance have formed part of a growing literature. There have, however, been few attempts to explore the extent to which these ideas can be usefully applied to colonial societies." "Despite imperial wars of conquest and colonial resistance, r