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Gramsci in China: Past, Present, and Future of a Still Open Encounter
Author(s) -
Caterina Daniela
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/anti.12731
Subject(s) - hegemony , china , mainland china , materiality (auditing) , sociology , politics , political economy , political science , aesthetics , law , philosophy
Abstract Assessments of the nature and trajectory of China’s political economy polarise into a highly controversial debate. The present paper aims to introduce Antonio Gramsci as a powerful ally in making sense of the specificities of the Chinese case by shedding light on the past , present , and future of the Gramsci‐China encounter. Starting from an in‐depth assessment of the reception of Gramsci’s textual legacy in Mainland China and of the main related problems, the paper promotes a philologically sound, diachronic approach to the potential of a Gramscian perspective in analysing China’s peculiar trajectory, such as the ability to focus on: (1) the constructed nature of Chinese hegemony; (2) the terrain of China’s integral state; (3) adopted strategies of passive revolution; (4) the materiality of Chinese hegemony; (5) its processual and contested nature across different times and scales; as well as (6) key links between intellectuals and the production of common sense.