{"id":1087,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/according-to-gramsci-hegemony-is-primarily-based-on-the-upsc-psir-2019-1405\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:19","slug":"according-to-gramsci-hegemony-is-primarily-based-on-the-upsc-psir-2019-1405","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/according-to-gramsci-hegemony-is-primarily-based-on-the-upsc-psir-2019-1405\/","title":{"rendered":"According to Gramsci, \u2018hegemony is primarily based on the organisation of consent. Comment."},"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\">Ri! Marx&#039;s missing revolution + Gramsci\u2019&#039;s answer is hegemony ~ rule by organised, manufactured consent, not force alone R2 hegemony = control by cultural means + consent produced, not freely given \u2192 \u201corganisation\u201d is the operative word<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">civil society (family \/ school \/ church) ~ existing order as common sense -~ intellectuals: traditional (falsely independent) + organic (voice of their class) ~ philosophy for masses ~ bourgeoisie unquestioned \u2192 consent also organised by accommodation (subaltern demands absorbed \u2192 particular interest as general) ~ Gramsci\u2019s inversion of Marx: belief is the basis of state power, not the reverse ~ Anderson: state as instrument of socialisation, shaping minds<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\u201cprimarily\u201d not \u201cwholly\u201d + coercion never disappears ~ Gramsci (p. 12): apparatus disciplines those who do not consent ~ force as the armour behind persuasion ~ consent itself uneven \u2014 Jackson (p. 570): \u201ccontradictory consciousness\u201d \u2014 approbation \/apathy, resistance\/resignation<\/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 rR! rule rests first on organised consent (civil society + intellectuals) + force held in reserve routes R2 consent primary because organised into common sense \u2192 coercion the backstop, not the foundation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1087","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-20-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\/1087","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\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1087\/revisions\/2505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}