Thursday 8 November 2012

Marxism & Hegemony:


Marxism & Hegemony:
Summary:
Hegemony is the cultural, economic and political dominance achieved by the ruling elite in a society for example the conservative party achieved hegemony (leadership) with their policies due to transforming the economy; the term of hegemony was first developed by Antonio Gramsci, it was about a particular group achieving hegemony which has been accepted by the public opinion as common sense, making difficult to fight against.
Marxism is ideology imitative from the writings of Karl Marx which sees society being dominated by a capitalist structure which maintains the hegemony of the ruling class and in result to overthrow each other (class war).

Links

Media Hegemony: A Failure of Perspective- DAVID L. ALTHEIDE

Wayne, Mike. 

Marxism and media studies: key concepts and contemporary trends. Pluto Pr, 2003.



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