Hegemony
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| '''Hegemony''' is the [[dominance]] of one group over other groups, with or without the [[argumentum ad baculum|threat of force]], to the extent that, for instance, the [[dominant]] party can dictate the terms of [[trade]] to its advantage; more broadly, [[culture|cultural]] perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. The cultural control that hegemony asserts affects commonplace patterns of thought: hegemony controls the way new ideas are rejected or become naturalized in a process that subtly alters notions of common sense in a given society. | '''Hegemony''' is the [[dominance]] of one group over other groups, with or without the [[argumentum ad baculum|threat of force]], to the extent that, for instance, the [[dominant]] party can dictate the terms of [[trade]] to its advantage; more broadly, [[culture|cultural]] perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. The cultural control that hegemony asserts affects commonplace patterns of thought: hegemony controls the way new ideas are rejected or become naturalized in a process that subtly alters notions of common sense in a given society. | ||
| - | Hegemony results in the empowerment of certain [[cultural]] [[belief]]s, [[Value (personal and cultural)|values]], and practices to the submersion and partial exclusion of others. Hegemony influences the perspective of mainstream history, as history is written by the victors for a congruent readership. | + | Hegemony results in the empowerment of certain [[cultural]] [[belief]]s, [[Value (personal and cultural)|values]], and practices to the submersion and partial [[exclusion]] of others. Hegemony influences the perspective of mainstream history, as history is written by the victors for a congruent readership. |
| As [[Antonio Gramsci]] defines it, "The term '''hegemony''' describes the process whereby ideas, structures, and actions come to be seen by the majority of people as wholly natural, preordained, and working for their own good, when in fact they are constructed and transmitted by powerful minority interests to protect the status quo that serves those interest." | As [[Antonio Gramsci]] defines it, "The term '''hegemony''' describes the process whereby ideas, structures, and actions come to be seen by the majority of people as wholly natural, preordained, and working for their own good, when in fact they are constructed and transmitted by powerful minority interests to protect the status quo that serves those interest." | ||
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- 'Black music' is much more common than 'white music', probably for the same sort of reasons that expressions like 'women's history' or 'women's music' would cause far fewer eyebrows to be raised than 'men's history' or 'men's music' [...]. Such terms are relative to the hegemony of the culture of their user, so 'men's music' and 'white music' will sound stranger in a culture dominated by white males than 'women's music' or 'black music'.--Philip Tagg, 1989 [1]
Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. The cultural control that hegemony asserts affects commonplace patterns of thought: hegemony controls the way new ideas are rejected or become naturalized in a process that subtly alters notions of common sense in a given society.
Hegemony results in the empowerment of certain cultural beliefs, values, and practices to the submersion and partial exclusion of others. Hegemony influences the perspective of mainstream history, as history is written by the victors for a congruent readership.
As Antonio Gramsci defines it, "The term hegemony describes the process whereby ideas, structures, and actions come to be seen by the majority of people as wholly natural, preordained, and working for their own good, when in fact they are constructed and transmitted by powerful minority interests to protect the status quo that serves those interest."
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