Agile Materialisms

Antonio Gramsci, Stuart Hall, Racialization, and Modernity

Bibliographic Data

ID4300928
AuthorsRobert Carley, Robert F Carley (0000-0003-3658-6755, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume26
Issue4
Pages413-441
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/johs.12023
OpenAlexW1486136390
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This article investigates why Gramsci's theories and concepts have a discrete relevance to the study of race and ethnicity in contemporary contexts. Two theoretical points emerge from the investigation. First, through Gramsci's work, Hall's approach to the structural/cultural theory problem provides an important mediation for theoretical approaches to race. Hall is then able to demonstrate that the racialization of labor and the coercion of workers in colonial and neocolonial contexts, with regard to the "global south" was the rule and not the exception. Second, through an historical and discursive approach, I demonstrate how Gramsci's analysis of politics and political strategies took race into account. I contend that Gramsci's perspective on race facilitated Hall's ability to deploy Gramsci's theoretical framework and concepts

Coercion (linguistics · Epistemology · Mediation · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racialization · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy

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