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Hegemony (/ h ɛ ˈ dʒ ɛ m ən i / ⓘ, UK also / h ɪ ˈ ɡ ɛ m ən i /, US also / ˈ h ɛ dʒ ə m oʊ n i /) is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global. [1] [2] [3] In Ancient Greece (ca. 8th BC – AD 6th c.), hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of the ...
In ancient Greek religion, Hegemone (Ancient Greek: Ἡγεμόνη, from the feminine form of ἡγεμών, 'leader, guide') [1] was, according to the geographer Pausanias, the name given to one of the two Charites at Athens (the other being Auxo). [2]
The old and prominent Trinity Church in Manhattan facing the moneyed center of Wall Street has been seen as embodying the prominence of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture in the United States.
Hegemon or hegemony may also refer to: Hegemon of Earth, ruler of that planet, in the Ender's Game series; Hegemon of Thasos (5th century BC), Greek writer; Hegemony, a 2017 album by Swiss band Samael; Hegemony (video game series) "Hegemony" (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), an episode of the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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]
Rather, hegemony can operate through the formation of exemplars of masculinity, symbols that have cultural authority despite the fact that most men and boys cannot fully live up to them. [3] Hegemonic masculinity imposes an ideal set of traits which stipulate that a man can never be unfeminine enough.
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.
Spartan hegemony refers to the period of dominance by Sparta in Greek affairs from 404 to 371 BC. Even before this period the polis of Sparta was the greatest military land power of classical Greek antiquity and governed, dominated or influenced the entire Peloponnese .