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Factors like community, culture and nation weaken the hegemony of neo-liberalism today. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 20 marks
  • Political Ideologies

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Hegemony, in Antonio Gramsci's sense, is rule by consent: an order that has become common sense. From the 1980s to 2008 neo-liberalism enjoyed exactly that. Market freedom, open borders for capital and a shrinking state seemed the only rational course. Community, culture and nation are now eroding that consent, though far less of the structure.

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  • Why the Old Solidarities Return
  • Community
  • Culture
  • Nation
  • Why Hegemony Is Weakened, Not Overthrown
  • Conclusion
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