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Ideology and Hegemony
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)
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Historically organic ideology
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arbitrary ideology
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| . . . They "organize" human masses, and create the terrain on which men move, acquire consciousness of their position, struggle, etc. |
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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)
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