Re: gramscian analysis of u.s.

["e. ahmet tonak" <eatonak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

M. Rupert of Syracuse University does that.  Here is the link to his web
page and a passage describing his last book:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/faculty/merupert/Research/marks_research.htm


"In the United States -- the country which arguably has been most
closely associated with this global project -- the social power and
hegemonic vision of the liberal internationalist bloc was secured
through historical structures of the postwar era which are increasingly
problematic. It is in this more fluid context that counter-ideologies
circulate through popular discourse, challenging the basic premises and
the political implications of transnational liberalism. One family of
such ideologies emphasizes American exceptionalism, understands
globalization as a mortal threat to this special identity and its
attendant privileges, and prescribes a circling of the wagons through
economic, cultural, and racial/ethnic nationalisms. Another family of
counter-ideologies understands globalization as both an opportunity and
a danger: dangerous insofar as it extends, deepens and strengthens the
anti-democratic structures of capitalism, globalization also entails new
possibilities for those similarly subordinated and exploited under
transnational capitalism to negotiate common ground, build relationships
of solidarity across manifold socially significant differences, and
create new social movements and institutions through which to construct
a common future.

Each of these political visions is active in the nexus between the US
and the global political economy, drawing on the resources of popular
common sense in order to address and mobilize political actors. In these
and other similar struggles elsewhere, the future of the global
political economy will be determined."



Mike Friedman wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Has any Marxist, to anyone's knowledge, ever analyzed the workings of
> U.S. hegemony, applying explicitly Gramscian concepts and framework?
>
> Mike

--
Frequently the only possible answer is a critique of the
question and the only solution is to negate the question.

Karl Marx, 1857, Grundrisse, "The Chapter on Money,"  p.127.



E. Ahmet Tonak
Professor of Economics

Simon's Rock College of Bard
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Great Barrington, MA 01230

Tel:  413 528 7488
Fax: 413 528 7365
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