Again on the revolutionary subject problematising class and subalternity in Gramsci on Tahrir

• Published in: Review of African political economy Vol. 45; no. 155; pp. 104 - 114
• Main Author: Roccu, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis, Ltd 01.03.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Agency theory; Class identity; Common sense; DEBATE; Intervention; Political economy; Revolutions; Social classes; Subaltern identities

Roberto Roccu’s intervention provides a detailed reading of the concepts of subalternity, common sense and passive revolution as employed in Gramsci on Tahrir. Roccu calls for a more sustained and careful reading of how ‘subaltern agency’ is invoked and performed in revolutionary upheavals.