Waiting for Gramsci: State Formation, Passive Revolution and the International
Adam David Morton
This article asserts that Antonio Gramsci's account of 'the international' linked to the rise modern capitalist states-system remains neglected within debates on historical sociology International Relations (IR). It does so by following two main axes inquiry assist aim unravelling relevance understanding processes state formation causal conditioning `the international'. The first axis focuses research Renaissance Italy and role mercantile capital in shaping late medieval early states; `southern question' concerning terms uneven development Mezzogiorno Italy; Italian Risorgimento understood as a passive revolution, or reorganisation identity through reproduction property relations. These issues provide backdrop considering novel contribution `national' dimension point expansion realm. is pursued second his its relation emerging hegemony Anglo-Saxon capitalism detailed European response fascism growing intervention foreign conditions specific contexts Russian Revolution Woodrow Wilson's liberal internationalism. argued recognition such, instances assists providing an essential has been absent from current IR.
Millennium: Journal of International Studies