It's all in your head: The role of intellectuals in transition processes, a neo-Gramscian approach

Abstract

Antonio Gramsci's work has recently been used to explain why socio-technical transitions are not taking place. This literature builds on the Gramscian concepts of transformismo, passive revolutions, or war of positions. Gramsci's work can be insightful for transition scholars as he analyzed why transitions did not take place, as well as what the conditions for a transformation would be. For Gramsci, a transformation was preliminarily an intellectual endeavor. Only when the intellectual war (the war of positions) was won, could a physical war (a war of maneuver) be victorious. Thus, philosophy, ideology, beliefs, or folklore are the arenas that decide upon the success of a transformation. Accordingly, using a neo-Gramscian approach, changing people's worldviews is a vital factor for a successful transformation towards a sustainable society.

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