Publication

2017 - Verso Books

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCJZ1312

Description

"A fascinating history of the political theory of hegemony Few terms are so widely used in the literature of international relations and political science, with so little agreement about their exact meaning, as hegemony. In the first full historical study of its fortunes as a concept, Perry Anderson traces its emergence in Ancient Greece, its rediscovery during the upheavals of 1848-9 in Germany, and then its chequered career in revolutionary Russia, fascist Italy, Cold War America, Thatcherized Britain, post-colonial India, feudal Japan, Maoist China, through to the world of Merkel and May, Bush and Obama. The result is a surprising and fascinating expedition into global intellectual history, ending with a strong political statement about the present"--

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Other Editions

  • H-Word: The Peripeteia of HegemonyVerso Books2017-01-01

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