Hegemony

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In `Gramsci's Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity` Stuart Hall lays out his interpretation of Gramsci's writings, then uses Gramsci's theorizations to analyize how we think about race and racism.

also, see hegemonic

Hegemony

Gramsci defines hegemony as a moment where the interests of a dominant group overlap with the interests of other groups and the life of the state as a whole. There's three imporant points to be made about hegemony:

1. Hegemony is very particular, historically specific, and is a temporary moment in the life of a society. Hegemony has to be actively constructed and positively maintained.

2. Hegemony is multi dimensional and takes place in many arenas, and cannnot be constructed through one form of struggle alone (hegemony is not solely economic).

3. Hegemony is no longer lead by a ruling class but instead a historical bloc of groups allied under a particular leadership group.