Hegemony how-to : a roadmap for radicals / Jonathan Matthew Smucker

By:

Smucker, Jonathan Matthew

Language: eng Publication details: Chico, CA : AK Press, 2017Description: 280 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781849352543
1849352542

Other title:

Roadmap for radicals

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.973

LOC classification:

JK 274 S666h 2017

Contents:

Political orphans -- The 99% : the symbol and the agent -- Life of the oppositional group -- The prefigurative and the political -- Aspiring hegemonic -- Beyond the low plateau -- The invitation we extend -- The we in politics -- Conclusion : the next left zeitgeist.

Summary: Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions of power, leadership, and strategy. Hopeful about the potential of today’s burgeoning movements, long-time grassroots organizer Jonathan Smucker nonetheless pulls no punches when confronting their internal dysfunction. Drawing from personal experience, he provides deep theoretical insight into the all-too-familiar radical tendency toward self-defeating insularity and paralyzing purism. At the same time, he offers tools to bridge the divide between anti-authoritarian values and hegemonic strategies, tools that might just help today’s movements to navigate their obstacles and change the world.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JK 274 S666h 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000149934

Includes index

Political orphans --
The 99% : the symbol and the agent --
Life of the oppositional group --
The prefigurative and the political --
Aspiring hegemonic --
Beyond the low plateau --
The invitation we extend --
The we in politics --
Conclusion : the next left zeitgeist.

Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions of power, leadership, and strategy. Hopeful about the potential of today’s burgeoning movements, long-time grassroots organizer Jonathan Smucker nonetheless pulls no punches when confronting their internal dysfunction. Drawing from personal experience, he provides deep theoretical insight into the all-too-familiar radical tendency toward self-defeating insularity and paralyzing purism. At the same time, he offers tools to bridge the divide between anti-authoritarian values and hegemonic strategies, tools that might just help today’s movements to navigate their obstacles and change the world.

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