{"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":"2026-08-12T21:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:46","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> hegemony = <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b>\u2019s answer to \u201cwhy no proletarian revolution\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> bourgeois power exceeds the economic base<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> rule rests on ideas + culture <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ruling worldview made \u201ccommon sense\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent, not force alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>hegemony = predominance of one class <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coercion + consent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Roger Simon<\/b>: coercive power + persuasive influence <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> site = civil society (schools, churches, media) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> civil society a real seat of power, beyond the state (vs orthodox Marxism) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bobbio<\/b>: theoretician of superstructure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>hegemony neither total nor permanent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> counter-hegemony built through \u201cwar of position\u201d in civil society <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent can be contested before power is seized<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> hegemony frees Marxism from economic determinism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power located in culture, not the economy alone<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> while hegemony holds, revolution is impossible <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ideological ground must be won first<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4677,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1083\/revisions\/4677"}],"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}]}}