"Returning to the work of Antonio Gramsci, Laclau and Mouffe argue that the concept of hegemony offers the most helpful tool in combating the orthodoxies of Leninist Marxism. Their concept of 'antagonism' has been taken-up a great deal in contemporary art circles, sometimes repressing the fact that term emerged from a book on 'socialist strategy.'"

Recommended by Shannon Jackson, Professor of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies and Rhetoric and author of Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics.