Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who among the following expanded the concept of 'Hegemony'?
AAntonio Gramsci ✓ Correct
BHegel
CJ.S. Mill
DJeremy Bentham
Correct answer: (A) Antonio Gramsci — Antonio Gramsci expanded the concept of hegemony, so the answer is Antonio Gramsci.
Explanation
★Antonio Gramsci expanded the concept of hegemony, so the answer is Antonio Gramsci.
★Hegemony means the cultural and ideological leadership of the ruling class.
★The dominant class rules not only by force but by winning consent.
★It spreads its values through schools, churches, media and everyday culture.
★The ruled then accept the existing order as natural and just, which is consent.
★To overturn this, Gramsci urged a counter-hegemony led by working-class intellectuals.
★Hegel, Mill and Bentham worked on the state and utility, not this idea of hegemony.
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