Hegemonic projects and cultural political economy

Bob Jessop

Chapter 15 in The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci, 2024, pp 261-278 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores the roots of cultural political economy in Gramsci’s philological approach. It traces his innovative interpretation of the base-superstructure relation in terms of the historical base, his analysis of the decisive economic nucleus, and the nature of hegemony as political, intellectual and moral leadership. It shows how Gramsci overcame the tendencies of orthodox Marxism to adopt the base-superstructure metaphor and resort to technological or economic reductionism. The chapter introduces two neo-Gramscian concepts, namely, accumulation strategies and hegemonic projects, linked to Marx’s analysis of the form of the capital relation and the state form. It then sketches the main principles of cultural political economy and shows how they involve a synthesis of Marx, Gramsci, and Foucault. Brief remarks follow on how this approach can develop ideas on crises, crisis construal, and crisis-management inspired by Gramsci. The chapter concludes with general comments on Gramsci, hegemonic projects, and cultural political economy.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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