SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Herbert Marcuse
11 Apr 2018
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Should not be thought of as a completely separate from classical theories. Dra(cid:449) o(cid:374) ea(cid:272)h other(cid:859)s (cid:449)ork i(cid:374) their for(cid:373)ulatio(cid:374)s. Hegemony is a process that is constantly negotiated and renegotiated. Diverging from marx in his analysis of how the ruling class ruled. O(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:859)s do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t ideas reflect the interests of the ruling class. Involves consent, ideology control and the consent of the subordinate classes. Hegemony is used as a way to explain how particular features of social organization come to taken for granted and treated as common sense. Superstructure: divided into the state and civil society. Prevailing consciousness internalized by population and becomes common sense. Helped form the communist party of italy (1921) Gramsci arrested put in prison for 20 years. Theorized that dominate groups maintain their power through a mmix on coercion and conscent. Details the relationship between the state and civil society. For gramsci: the state= political society = civil society. War of position vs> a war of manoever.
