Gramsci distinguishes one-off ‘war of manoeuvre’ from long-term ‘war of position’

Evidence

“Should we turn the expression around, then, and say that politics is war pursued by other means? H we still wish to maintain a separation between war and politics, perhaps we should postulate rather that this multiplicity of force relations can be coded— in part but never totally—either in the form of ‘war’ or in the forms of ‘politics’; this would imply two different strategies (but the one always liable to switch into the other) for integrating these unbalanced, heterogeneous, uastable, and tense force relations."" wa — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: War and politics are two codings of the same force relations — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296

Related

• War and politics are two codings of the same force relations (similarity 0.89)
• War is the continuation of politics, not its own autonomous sphere. (similarity 0.81)
• In advanced industrial states, wars of manoeuvre diminish to tactical rather than strategic roles. (similarity 0.81)
• Foucault proposed war as the model for understanding political power (similarity 0.80)
• The overall balance of forces imposes the form of war (similarity 0.80)
• Passive revolution is the political form of a war of position (similarity 0.80)
• Gramsci’s war of position replaces zero-sum war of manoeuvre in cultural politics (similarity 0.79)
• Political struggle, not military force, determines hegemonic outcomes (similarity 0.79)
• War is the continuation of policy that demands permanent political organization. (similarity 0.79)
• War of position replaced war of movement in modern democratic politics (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• War and politics are two codings of the same force relations #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296