Major Concepts:
Ideology
and Hegemony
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One must . . . distinguish
between
- "historically organi
ideologies": "those, . . . Which are necessary to a given structure,
and
- ideologies that are
arbitrary, rationalistic, or "willed." (SPN 376-77)
|
Historically organic
ideology |
vs. |
arbitrary ideology |
| . . . They "organize"
human masses, and create the terrain on which men move, acquire
consciousness of their position, struggle, etc. |
|
they only create
individual "movements", polemics and so on. (377) |
Hegemony
-- A synthesis of force
and consent (Ransome 26)
-- Used as a concept of ideology, the term hegemony emerges as a way
of describing the world-view which any social group must have if it
is to gain power and hold on to it. The development of coherent
and legitimate world-view, in other words, becomes a prerequisite for
successful revolution. (R 128)
- Organic --
- the agents of hegemony
are conscious and reflective human agents.
- A form of praxis. A
process of conscious intellectual reflection and synthesis, which
leads
1. to a greater understanding
of material reality,
2. to the development of a new form of political strategy and
action. (R 132-33)
 Literary
Criticism Databank: Marxism |