{"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":"2026-08-12T21:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:47","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>\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> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b>\u2019s missing revolution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b>\u2019s answer is hegemony <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rule by organised, manufactured consent, not force alone<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> hegemony = control by cultural means <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent produced, not freely given <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201corganisation\u201d is the operative word<\/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>civil society (family \/ school \/ church) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> existing order as common sense <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> intellectuals: traditional (falsely independent) + organic (voice of their class) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> philosophy for masses <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> bourgeoisie unquestioned <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent also organised by accommodation (subaltern demands absorbed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> particular interest as general) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b>\u2019s inversion of <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b>: belief is the basis of state power, not the reverse <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Anderson<\/b>: state as instrument of socialisation, shaping minds<\/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>\u201cprimarily\u201d not \u201cwholly\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coercion never disappears <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b> (p. 12): apparatus disciplines those who do not consent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> force as the armour behind persuasion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent itself uneven <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jackson<\/b> (p. 570): \u201ccontradictory consciousness\u201d \u2013 approbation\/apathy, resistance\/resignation<\/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> rule rests first on organised consent (civil society + intellectuals) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> force held in reserve<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> consent primary because organised into common sense <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coercion the backstop, not the foundation<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4681,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1087\/revisions\/4681"}],"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}]}}