POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Alternative Culture, Social Forces, Counterhegemony

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: De Larrinaga Miguel

Document Summary

Antonio gramsi political thinking: influenced by marxist thought but a significant departure from it, ideas have always been related to his own historical/practical context (not concerned with the universalistic, deterministic side of. Marxist thought: does not present us with a systematic theory, series of important concepts/theoretical building blocks, hegemony double influence. 1) lenin"s notion of direction: counter-hegemony. Create dialogue between the working class and other subordinate classes. Task of organic intellectuals: develop the mental images, technologies and organizations that bind together the memebers of a class and of an historic block into a common identity - robert cox. Creation of an alternative culture actively building a counter hegemony within an established hegemony role of proletariat in relation to allied classes is one of direction, or leadership. Bourgeoisie leadership able to preserve capitalism by making it more acceptable to the workers.