《AMERICA'S QUEST FOR SUPREMACY AND THE THIRD WORLD A GRAMSCIAN ANALYSIS》求取 ⇩

Introduction1

Notes9

PART I: IDEOLOGY11

1 Gramsci’s understanding of ideology13

Gramsci’s critique13

Ideology as worldview and political force16

Liberalism as ideology25

Toward applying Gramsci’s concepts29

Notes30

2 Elements of common sense in America35

Denominational religion: American destiny, isolationism, evangelism, and crusaderism37

Liberalism: competitive individualism, property, and the market44

Faith in science48

Elements of contradictory consciousnesss in America51

Notes52

3 Ideology and American foreign policy58

American destiny and the legitimation of American foreign policy58

The United States as a minor power60

The United States as a great power66

The troubled superpower70

Notes72

4 The case of foreign assistance75

Philosophical perspectives on American aid policy75

The changing mix of motivations for American aid80

Conflicting ideologies as constraints on American aid policy92

Notes94

5 Reagan and American common sense97

Understanding Reagan’s ascendancy98

Reagan as an intellectual99

Reagan and old-fashioned liberalism102

Reagan and the religious103

Reagan’s faith in science105

Was there an alternative?106

Ideology: summary and conclusion111

Notes113

PART II: SUPREMACY115

6 Gramsci’s understanding of supremacy117

Gramsci on hegemony117

Gramsci on supremacy126

Toward applying Gramsci’s concepts134

Notes134

7 The Third World and the challenge to American supremacy138

America’s historical bloc139

The significance of the economic growth of Europe and Japan141

The Third World and the new US demands on its allies142

America’s inability to shield allies from the oil shocks145

America’s failure to respond to the New International Economic Order145

The failure to quiet the Third World with economic development or force147

The failure of the alternative bloc’s leadership149

Notes151

8 Force and consensus in the world economy154

Reagan’s domestic economic policy mix156

Force in the world economy160

Hegemony and domination in the world economy171

Notes175

9 Force and consensus in international civil society179

The rhetorical value of the military180

Force in international civil society182

International civil society and attempts to extend hegemony to the Third World189

Supremacy: summary and conclusion197

Beyond American common sense199

Notes200

Index203