Gramsci’s state concept explains how capitalism became a whole way of social life

Evidence

“Capitalism was from the beginning an affair of the world economy and not of nation-states… . Capital has never allowed its aspirations to be determined by national boundaries.” Capitalism has been such a fundamental globalising influence precisely because it is an economic rather than a political order; it has been able to penetrate far-flung areas of the world which the states of its origin could not have brought wholly under their political sway. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 174 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adopting Gramsci let Hall say things Marxism could not before; Gramsci’s imprisonment by fascism shaped his theory of the capitalist state; Capitalism reproduces itself by drawing civil and cultural life into conformity with its needs (+11 more)

Related

• Gramsci’s concept enables a regional theory of superstructural spheres. (similarity 0.82)
• Capitalism becomes a whole form of social life through the superstructures, not just production. (similarity 0.82)
• Gramsci’s concepts apply productively to colonial and non-European social formations. (similarity 0.81)
• Adopting Gramsci let Hall say things Marxism could not before (similarity 0.81)
• Capitalism becomes a whole way of life only through the state’s ethical civilizing work. (similarity 0.80)
• Gramsci’s contribution is to complexify Marxist theory, not to supply general social science. (similarity 0.80)
• Capitalism’s non-political nature enabled its global penetration beyond state reach (similarity 0.80)
• Gramsci’s imprisonment by fascism shaped his theory of the capitalist state (similarity 0.79)
• Capitalism created the first global economy based on economics rather than politics (similarity 0.78)
• Capitalist relations must be reproduced ideologically, not just economically (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Capitalism reproduces itself by drawing civil and cultural life into conformity with its needs #corroborates (0.75)
• Capitalism’s non-political nature enabled its global penetration beyond state reach #qualifies (0.72) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 174
• Gramsci’s imprisonment by fascism shaped his theory of the capitalist state #expands (0.60)
• Transforming capitalist society requires understanding its opaque base and superstructures #expands (0.50)
• The sphere of exchange generates capitalism’s spontaneous commonsense and bourgeois theory #expands (0.50)
• Capitalism triumphed by cultivating divisions rather than erasing them within the working class #expands (0.45) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 267
• Working-class movements accommodated capitalism while theory idealized a revolutionary proletariat #complicates (0.40)
• Capitalism extended feudal relations rather than negating them #complicates (0.35)