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Distinguish between the concepts of legitimacy and hegemony.

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Concept of Power, Hegemony, Ideology and Legitimacy

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Both concepts explain why the ruled obey without constant force, but from opposite directions. Legitimacy, in Max Weber's sense, is the rightfulness that turns power into authority. Hegemony, in Antonio Gramsci's sense, is the leadership by which a class makes its own rule look like common sense. The first asks whether rule is justified; the…

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