Why Gramsci's Marxist political theory is so relevant today 

Here on kenspours.com, you will find the core concepts of Antonio Gramsci (Gramsci 1.0) comprehensively reinterpretated in the conditions of the 21st Century and applied to diverse fields - Gramsci 2.0.  This is intended as an analytical toolkit to help move beyond neoliberal hegemony and towards a 'new progressive settlement' based on fairness, democracy and sustainability amidst the challenges of climate breakdown and the rise of far right national populism (21st Century fascism).

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The corpus of Gramsci's Marxist political theory, illustrated in the inner ring of the diagram. While his original theoretical framework was a product of its time (principally to explain the defeat of communism in the West), its analytical capabilities have proven to be enduring. In recent decades, his ideas have been used to analyze complex 21st-century phenomena, from neoliberal globalization to climate change politics and now the rapid development of artificial intelligence. This evolving neo-Gramscian thinking, demonstrates its continued relevance for understanding the challenges of our times and seeking new forms of societal transformation.

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Gramsci 2.0 - an analytical toolkit for transitioning in the 21st Century 

Gramsci 2.0 has arisen from my fusion of the original Gramsci 1.0 corpus with 45-degree political economy-ecology analysis and social ecosystem theory, producing a comprehensive analytical toolkit to assist progressive transitioning.  The resulting synthesis leads to the elaboration of multiple key concepts illustrated in the outer ring of the above diagram and to be found on the main menu.

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Political strategy and the Just Transition

Additionally, there are related webpages on progressive political strategy written in collaboration with Compass.  These cover an evolving study of the political Right - previously the Conservative Party and now Right national populism - driven by the desire to know the political adversary. Conversely, there are deliberations on progressive politics through think pieces on the 21st Century political party, alliance-based politics, transitioning and new settlements and, most recently, the need for a political and cultural reset a failing British Labour Party. There are also webpages on the Just Transition that combines sustainability and social justice, education for the future; and most recently, dialectical cosmology and the cosmological structural intellect, that applies a range of Marxist concepts to conceptualise an evolving universe.  

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