"Inspired to contribute to the symbiotic relationship between the
academic and activist worlds, Day has decided to pick up the pen
instead of the Molotov cocktail. The result is this brilliant
book." Ann Hansen Ann was sentenced to life imprisonment for
blowing up a cruise-missile component factory, and is the author of
Direct Action: The Memoirs of an Urban Guerilla "If revolutionary
politics are to be reconstituted for the twenty-first century, all
previously existing radical traditions must not only be remade but
placed in new relationships with one another. The anarchism of
Richard Day's brilliant Gramsci is Dead is not only an explosive
break-out from the demoralizing horizons of contemporary social
democracy, but also an exuberant intellectual dance-invitation
extended to all mutant Marxists, autonomists and species-being
activists eager to catch the strains of a new tune: Red Emma would
be proud." Nick Dyer-Witheford, Associate Professor, University of
Western Ontario and author of Cyber-Marx (1999) Gramsci and the
concept of hegemony cast a long shadow over radical political
theory. Yet how far has this theory got us? Is it still central to
feminism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anarchism, and other
radical social movements today? Unlike previous revolutionary
movements, Day argues, most contemporary radical social movements
do not strive to take control of the state. Instead, they attempt
to develop new forms of self-organisation that can run in parallel
with -- or as alternatives to -- existing forms of social,
political, and economic organization. This is to say that they
follow a logic of affinity rather than one of hegemony. This book
draws together a variety of different strands in political theory
to weave together an innovative new approach to politics today.
Rigorous and wide-ranging, Day introduces and interrogates key
concepts. From Hegel's concept of recognition, through theories of
hegemony and affinity to Hardt and Negri's reflections on Empire,
Day maps academia's theoretical and philosophical concerns onto
today's politics of the street. Ideal for all students of political
theory, Day's fresh approach combines Marxist, Anarchist and
Post-structuralist theory to shed new light on the politics and
practice of contemporary social movements.
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