Posthegemony: Political Theory and Latin America
[Posthegemony] will survive the tyranny of time and academic fashions, for it challenges us to re-think old conceptual apparatuses, to ditch what is no longer useful to understand the present.--Gastón Gordillo, "Affective Hegemonies"Posthegemonyengages with the richest debates in political theory and simultaneously with the most paradigmatic events in Latin American history.--Oscar Cabezas, co-author ofVértigo de la Política: Formas de pensar la izquierdaPosthegemonyoffers a compelling critique of what has become a key category and cornerstone of many departments in the academy. -- Don Kingsbury,Theory and EventA study that moves elegantly and daringly from political theory to cultural analysis [...]. With clarity, intellectual rigor, and conceptual sophistication, Beasley-Murray seeks to challenge the dominant critical paradigms of the cultural-studies-oriented humanities and social sciences. --Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize citationA provocative and learned tour de force.  --Silvio Waisbord,International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics"In Posthegemony, Jon Beasley-Murray provides a superbly written and insightful theoretical evaluation of the shifting relation between culture and state in Latin America." —Gareth Williams, author ofThe Other Side of the Popular: Neoliberalism and Subalternity in Latin America