{"id":1083,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/gramscis-concept-of-hegemony-upsc-psir-2016-1401\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:19","slug":"gramscis-concept-of-hegemony-upsc-psir-2016-1401","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/gramscis-concept-of-hegemony-upsc-psir-2016-1401\/","title":{"rendered":"Gramscis concept of Hegemony."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">r&#039; hegemony = Gramsci\u2019s answer to \u201cwhy no proletarian revolution\u201d + bourgeois power exceeds the economic base R2 rule rests on ideas + culture ~ ruling worldview made \u201ccommon sense\u201d ~ consent, not force alone<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">hegemony = predominance of one class ~ coercion + consent ~ Roger Simon: coercive power + persuasive influence ~ site = civil society (schools, churches, media) ~ civil society a real seat of power, beyond the state (vs orthodox Marxism) ~ Bobbio: theoretician of superstructure<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">hegemony neither total nor permanent ~ counter-hegemony built through \u201cwar of position\u201d in civil society ~ consent can be contested before power is seized<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion R1 hegemony frees Marxism from economic determinism ~ power located in culture, routes not the economy alone r2 | while hegemony holds, revolution is impossible ~ ideological ground must be won first<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1083","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1083\/revisions\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}