The Dialectic Of Position And Maneuver (Paperback)

Daniel Egan

ISBN 10: 1608468372 / ISBN 13: 9781608468379

Published by Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2018

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Paperback. Military metaphors have long played a role in framing questions of Marxist political strategy. Most famously, Gramsci articulated much of his social theory in terms of wars of position and wars of maneuver. In this work, Daniel Egan argues that previous commentators have viewed the distinction between these two phases of struggle too statically. An illuminating examination of the role that the metaphors war of position and war of maneuver play in Gramscis theory. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dialectic Of Position And Maneuver (Paperback)
• Publisher: Haymarket Books, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608468372
• ISBN 13: 9781608468379
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Military metaphors have long played a role in framing questions of Marxist political strategy. Most famously, Gramsci articulated much of his social theory in terms of wars of position and wars of maneuver. In this work, Daniel Egan argues that previous commentators have viewed the distinction between these two phases of struggle too statically.

About the Author

Daniel Egan, Ph.D. in Sociology, Boston College, 1994, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His major research and teaching areas are social theory, political sociology, and globalization. His current work focuses on the intersection between military doctrine and social theory.