Look up: hegemony

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   hegemony
   in the writings of Gramsci, hegemony refers to the dominance of one social class over others. The term bourgeois cultural hegemony is also used - it refers to the dominance of the bourgeoisie over other classes, but the key word is cultural, as it emphasises that it is the bourgeois culture, with all the beliefs, values and norms which it incorporates, that is dominant. A more traditional Marxist view would place the emphasis rather on the economic control exerted by the dominant class. In the Gramscian view, the bourgeoisie are successful in projecting their view of the world as 'natural' and 'common sense', 'taken for granted', 'legitimate', although in fact it serves only their interests. Their view becomes the consensus view. Hegemony is potentially always threatened. It can only be maintained by the consent of the subordinate classes. The subordinate can pose a challenge to hegemony and the consensus may be broken. Society is seen therefore as a constant struggle between ideologies competing for hegemony. The media, from this viewpoint, are seen as playing a vital rôle in constructing the consensus.
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   hegemony
   [n] - the domination of one state over its allies
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   Hegemony
   the means by which a ruling/dominant group wins over a subordinate group through ideas
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   hegemony
   Political dominance of one power over others in a group in which all are supposedly equal. The term was first used for the dominance of Athens over the other Greek city states, later applied to...
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   Hegemony
   He·gem`o·ny noun [ Greek ..., from ... guide, leader, from ... to go before.] Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber.
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   hegemony
   noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; `the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation`; `to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony`; `the consolidation of the United States` hegemony over a new international economic system`
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   Hegemony
   `Hegemony` (pronounced []) is a concept that has been used to describe the existence of dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group -- referred to as a `hegemon` -- acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force. The processes by which a dominant culture maintains its dominant position: for example, the use of institutions to formalize power; the employment of a bureaucracy...
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   Hegemony
   • (n.) Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.
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   hegemony
   hegemony (hijem'unē, hē–, hej'umō"nē, heg'u–) , [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one nation over others, and, following Gramsci, of one class over ...
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