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Richard J. F. Day (born c. 1964) is a Canadian political philosopher and sociologist. He is the undergraduate chair and professor in the department of global development at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada He was previously associate professor of sociology. He considers himself to be critically involved with the broader question of the articulation of social subjects with group identities such as those offered up by nations, states, and corporations. He is particularly interested in the possibilities for radical social change via the construction of alternative dual power communities and polities especially in situations of indigenous resistance, queer and feminist organizing and anti-globalization activism.〔(Richard Day | Queen's Sociology )〕 ==Theoretical contributions== Richard Day's thesis which he prepared at Simon Fraser University was a study of ethnic identity and state regulation in Canada since the arrival of the Europeans. It used Lacanian and Foucauldian theory to analyze and critique the Canadian discourse on 'ethnic and racial diversity' as a public problem requiring rational-bureaucratic solutions. It was subsequently published as ''Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity''. In his book ''Gramsci is Dead'', published in 2005, Day attacked the notion of hegemony and demonstrated its wide-ranging influence on activist movements internationally. He decries the ''hegemony of hegemony'' which he argues characterizes the left. The central premise of the ''hegemony of hegemony'' is "the assumption that effective social change can only be achieved simultaneously and ''en masse'', across an entire national or supranational space".〔Gramsci is Dead, 2005: pp 8.〕 He proposed an alternative model, finding its roots in the anarchist thought of German philosopher Gustav Landauer, which was based on the concept of affinity. Day uses the theory of affinity to explain the Newest Social Movements which he observes emerging as alternatives to the now ''old'' social movements (unions, political parties, etc.) and New Social Movements. He argues that the newest social movements are different from previous movements because they are using "non-universalizing, non-hierarchical, non-coercive relationships based on mutual aid and shared ethical commitments"〔Gramsci is Dead, 2005: pp. 9.〕 to achieve changes. Day's current research focuses on relations of solidarity between dominant and marginalized identities, both between specific articulations of these (anarcha-feminism and anarcha-indigenism, for example) and between these two categories. He is also interested in the possibilities of the creation of a sustainable dual power network of Permanent Autonomous Zones within, but against the dominant order. He is also a co-founder of an online journal: ''Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action''.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard J. F. Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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