Rethinking War of Maneuver/War of Position

Gramsci and the Military Metaphor

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2370151
AutoresDaniel Egan (0000-0002-4584-6427, University of Massachusetts Lowell, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume40
Fascículo4
Páginas521-538
Data de publicação2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920513480222
OpenAlexW2077492859
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas10

One of the most important components of Antonio Gramsci's social theory is his discussion of political strategy, particularly his distinction between 'war of maneuver' and 'war of position'. For Gramsci, the classical model of revolution through military insurrection (war of maneuver) has been supplanted within advanced capitalism by a cultural struggle of much longer duration and complexity (war of position). Despite the significance of Gramsci's analysis of war of maneuver/war of position for contemporary Marxism, it is striking that so little attention has been paid to these terms. These terms have a history, both in military theory and in Marxism, which predates Gramsci's prison notebooks. An examination of the military writings of Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, which are grounded more directly on military theory, leads to different conclusions about the nature of political strategy and the relationship between war of maneuver and war of position

Capitalism · Economics · Epistemology · Hegemony · Metaphor · Military operations other than war · Military theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci