Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which is Not related to Gramsci's concept of Hegemony?
AManufacturing of Consent
BEconomic determinism ✓ Correct
CIdeology
DCivil Society
Correct answer: (B) Economic determinism — Economic determinism is not related to Gramsci's concept of hegemony.
Explanation
★Economic determinism is not related to Gramsci's concept of hegemony.
★Gramsci moved away from crude economic determinism toward the power of ideas and culture.
★He gave ideology, part of the superstructure, the leading role in creating and holding hegemony.
★Hegemony means rule by consent rather than by force alone, often called manufacturing consent.
★It is exercised mainly through civil society, the realm of culture, education and media.
★Organic intellectuals win the consent of the ruled to the worldview of the rulers.
★So Gramsci's hegemony stands against, not with, economic determinism.
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