BEYOND HEGEMONY: TOWARDS A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICAL LEGITIMACY

"Beyond hegemony investigates the authoritarianism and breakdown of state socialist governments in Russia and elsewhere which claim to put Marx's ideas on democracy and equality into practice. The book explains that although many aspects of Marx's critique are still valid today, his ideas need to be supplemented by the contributions to social theory made by Nietzsche, Foucault and the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, as well as the libertarian socialism of G.D.H. Cole. What emerges is a new theory of political legitimacy which indicates how it is possible to move beyond liberal democracy whilst avoiding the authoritarian turn of state socialism."--Jacket.