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In the historical writing of the 19th century, the denotation of hegemony extended to describe the predominance of one country upon other countries; and, by extension, hegemonism denoted the Great Power politics (c. 1880s – 1914) for establishing hegemony (indirect imperial rule), that then leads to a definition of imperialism (direct foreign ...
In Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who shape the culture of that society—the beliefs and explanations, perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of the ruling class becomes the accepted cultural norm. [1]
The concept of a dominant culture, or the concept of hegemony, originated in Ancient Greece. Although Vladimir Lenin , a politician and a political theorist, defined the concept as “Domination,” Gramsci redefined it as “An intellectual and moral leadership directed by contradictory political and, cultural agents and organizations.”
Based on the definition of hegemony, media hegemony means the dominance of certain aspects of life and thought by the penetration of a dominant culture and its values into social life. In other words, media hegemony serves as a crucial shaper of culture, values and ideology of society (Altheide, 1984).
Hegemony: a state that has the power to shape the international system and "control the external behavior of all other states." [ 32 ] Hegemony can be regional or global. [ 33 ] Unlike unipolarity, which is a power preponderance within an anarchic international system of nominally equal states, hegemony assumes a hierarchy where the most ...
Articles regarding concepts defined within, or otherwise related to hegemony —the use of military, cultural and economic power to attain power, manipulate mores of a society, and marginalize opponents to such dominance.
Prior to Gramsci's unique use of hegemony, the concept of a hegemon could have easily fitted under imperialism. Hegemony's use in the social sciences is Gramscian and doesn't relate to relationships between states. Oh, and its adequately voiced at length in the fourth paragraph of the introduction. Fifelfoo 07:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Contemporary examples are often politically sensitive or arguable. Often analysis of regional hegemons are based on a specific context or perspective which renders their identification subjective. The United States is a clear example of a regional hegemon in the Americas. [1]