Sunday, April 20, 2014

Hegemony

The concept of the Ruling Classes (the Bourgeoisie) values being imposed upon the population is known as hegemony. This set of values, according to Marxist theory, is actually forced upon people and what they believe they are agreeing to as a result of their own beliefs is in reality in the interest of the ruling class. Basically an expression of Ideology A hegemony is a leader state that rules over the others indirectly, by inherent power, not military force. 

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