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Explain, as per Gramsci, the distinction between hegemony and domination.

  • UPSC 2013
  • 15 marks
  • Concept of Power, Hegemony, Ideology and Legitimacy

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Antonio Gramsci distinguished two faces of class rule: dominio (domination), rule by force, and direzione (leadership), rule by consent, which he called hegemony. A group, he wrote, dominates antagonistic groups, which it tends to "liquidate" or to subjugate, perhaps even by armed force, while it leads kindred and allied groups. The distinction explains why capitalist…

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  • The Distinction, Criterion by Criterion
  • A Combination, Not Alternatives
  • When Leadership Fails
  • Limits of the Distinction
  • Conclusion
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