Egan, Daniel

Insurrection and Gramsci's 'War of Position'

is part of Socialism and Democracy , 29 , 1 , Abingdon : Taylor&Francis Ltd , March 2015 , pp. 102 - 124

One of the most important features of Gramsci's social theory was his analysis of the distinction between war of maneuver and war of position. In the context of a relatively underdeveloped civil society such as is found in the 'East,' he argued, revolutionary strategy required a direct frontal assault-a war of maneuver-against the principal form of bourgeois political power: the state. In the 'West,' however, with its more fully developed civil society, such a direct, lightning frontal assault against the state must be a slower, more protracted process of siege warfare, a war of position, in which subordinate classes wear away the existing civil society and, through their self-organization, create a new one (Gramsci 1971). Adapted from the source document.

Language eng
Names [author] Egan, Daniel
Subjects
Società Civile
Guerra di movimento/guerra di posizione
Civil Society
War of movement-war of position