Power, Coercion, Consent

Ahead of Publication Published by De Gruyter 2023

Power, Coercion, Consent

Gramsci's Hegemony and the Roman Republic

Edited by: Michele Bellomo and Emilio Zucchetti

In the series Trends in Classics – Pathways of Reception

Overview

About this book

This volume brings together scholars of Roman history, archaeology, history of political thought, Italian literature, and political philosophy to reflect upon the Roman Republic from its origins to the Principate (509–27 BC) by employing Gramsci’s concept of "hegemony". The use of hegemony as a category in historiographical interpretation is often limited to a cultural domination through consensus, especially in English-speaking scholarship, excluding any form of coercion. The volume aims to redress this disposition by appealing to a reading of Gramsci’s hegemony as a dialectical process: it proposes a collective use of Gramscian categories for the study of the political and social conflicts of the Roman Republic. After some theoretical contributions about these categories, and other philosophical approaches to the study of the Roman Republic (such as Machiavelli and Althusser), sections on "Urban Politics", "Imperialism and Provincial Administration", "Archaeology and Romanization", and "Political Narratives" explore Roman Politics and the internal conflict that characterized it in different geographical and chronological contexts, concluding with an "Epilogue" on the transition from the Republic to the Augustan Principate.

Author information

M. Bellomo, Univ. d. Studi di Milano, Italy; E. Zucchetti, Newcastle Univ., UK/Soc. for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London, UK.

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians of the Roman Republic; scholars of Marxist Thought; Roman Archaeologists; Gramsci scholars; Machiavelli scholars
Pages
- Main content: 400
Keywords: Social and Political History of the Roman Republic; Roman Provinces; Theoretical Roman Archaeology; Marxist Theory

eBook

Planned Publication: December 14, 2023
ISBN: 9783110771978

Hardcover

Planned Publication: December 14, 2023
ISBN: 9783110771923