Gramsci in International Relations Theory: an analysis of concepts

Abstract

This article derives from the I Virtual Meeting Regional Southeast promoted by IGS-Br and aims to historically introduce Antonio Gramsci in the Theory of International Relations (TRI) and discuss the main Gramscian concepts that are inserted in the theoretical debate of the area. Standing in the debate between Positivists versus Post-positivists, Gramsci exerts an important inflection in theoretical studies as concepts such as national-international, hegemony and State become central in the debate, new conceptual and methodological interpretation in the field of International Relations. And although Gramscian writings also advance in the international field, some authors such as Robert Cox, Stephen Gill, Craig Murphy introduce such concepts in the IRT, but do not delve with due merit. Such insertion demands a field of study with a more grounded analysis in Gramsci, both of its concepts and of the methods also in the international field.