Alan Shandro

Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle Alan Shandro

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: 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. Table of Contents: Contents Acknowledgements I. A Philosophical Fact: Hegemony in the Class Struggle II. On the Relation of Theory and Practice: Karl Kautsky and the First Post-Marxist III. Situating Marxism in Russia: Ambiguous Coordinates IV. Marxism, Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony: Spontaneity and Consciousness in the Class Struggle V. Dogmatism and Criticism: Freedom in the Class Struggle VI. Two Orientations to Hegemony: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks VII. The Mechanics of Proletarian Hegemony: Solidarity in the Class Struggle VIII. Imperialism and the Logic of Hegemony: The People in the Class Struggle IX. The Arm of Criticism and the Criticism of Arms: Courage in the Class Struggle X. A Modern Prince to Discourses of Resistance and Back? Appendix I: Karl Kautsky, The Revision of the Austrian Social-Democratic Programme Appendix II: Text and Context in the Argument of Lenin s What Is to Be Done? Appendix III: Lenin as a Reader of What Is to Be Done? Bibliography Index"Publisher Marketing: In this work, 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.