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      Anti-politics, the early Marx and Gramsci’s ‘integral state’

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      Thesis Eleven
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          This article traces a line of theorisation regarding the state-civil society relationship, from Marx’s early writings to Gramsci’s conception of the integral state. The article argues that Marx developed, through his critique of Hegel, a valuable understanding of the state-civil society connection that emphasised the antagonism between them in capitalist societies. Alternatively, Gramsci’s conception of the ‘integral state’ posits an interconnection and dialectical unity of the state and civil society, where the latter is integrated under the leadership of the former. The article argues that while Marx and Gramsci’s positions are, at first, seemingly incongruous ideas – as to the ‘separation’ in Marx and ‘integration’ in Gramsci – this tension can be bridged when the integral state is understood as being always necessarily unstable. The article argues that this framework can help us understand the contemporary breakdown of political rule in the phenomenon known as ‘anti-politics’.

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                Thesis Eleven
                Thesis Eleven
                SAGE Publications
                0725-5136
                1461-7455
                August 2018
                August 02 2018
                August 2018
                : 147
                : 1
                : 29-44
                Affiliations
                [1 ]University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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                10.1177/0725513618787638
                f1cae926-75f2-410b-8a5a-27a84693499e
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