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... referred to as the war of position. The new focus on inequality can be seen as an acknowledgement, even if only an implicit one, of the reality of class. The chapter asks the question whether or not we might see the slogan “We are the 99%” as a form of subaltern good sense, the good sense on which Gramsci...

...Subalternity, Intellectuals, and Common Sense This chapter introduces Gramsci as a thinker and suggests why his approach might be fruitful for the analysis of narratives of inequality. It explains the conditions under which his prison notebooks were written and discusses their character...

... This chapter begins with an exploration of the difference between the English term common sense and the Italian senso commune , which lacks the strong positive connotations of the English term. The decision to use the English term is explained. Common sense in the notebooks is seen...

... The remarkable rise of the Tea Party and its project to make a specific economic narrative out of common sense provides the material for a second case study. According to this narrative, jobs are created by the rich; welfare payments simply reward moochers; and, in the distorted sound bite...

... through which a more analytical account of the sense of place in this part of the world is unlocked. Drawing on James Scott’s work on resistance, this chapter argues that the oral tradition functions as a hidden transcript of resistance that is turned public in the articulation of an Afro-Colombian...

... This chapter reckons with the common sense of the French radical right in the late l990s and how those characteristics have morphed into a broader racialized common sense in Europe today. It treats that earlier moment not as a “snapshot” of another time but as a diagnostic to argue...