Write on the Linkage between Power and Hegemony.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Power not only coercion → also works through consent → that consensual face is hegemony
Route 2 Dahl’s overt “power over” → but the deepest power shapes consent → Gramsci names this hegemony
Gramsci links power & hegemony → supremacy in two modes: domination + intellectual and moral leadership → political society = coercion / civil society = consent → ruling-class worldview becomes common sense → unequal order seems just → power exercised with consent = hegemony → matches Lukes’ third dimension (shapes beliefs, not just actions) → most durable, explains why unequal order survives
Hegemony never complete → must be constantly renewed → contestable through a slow war of position
Route 1 Hegemony is power’s deepest, most durable face → rule rests on belief, not force
Route 2 Power as hegemony = domination so secure it no longer needs coercion
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Power, Authority & Legitimacy — 10 questions in the Vault.
- Legitimacy is always a ‘social construct’. (150 words)
- Do you think that legitimacy acquired by consent or manufactured by indoctrination is an essential element in maintenance of political rule? Justify your answer with relevant...
- Explain Macpherson’s view on power.
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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