0000001662 00000 n The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities T. J. Jackson Lears The American Historical Review, Volume 90, Issue 3, June 1985, Pages 567593, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/90.3.567 Published: 01 June 1985 PDF Split View Cite Permissions Share Issue Section: Articles Article PDF first page preview PDF endstream But the only offer on the table seems to be more conflict and coercion through the same institutions that once transmitted the values of the Melting Pot and the American Dream. endobj 176 0 obj The concept of contradictory consciousness helps historians answer compelling questions and solve problems. White maintains that the historicised study of culture requires as its analytical model the theory that language is culturally constitutive. 4 (1984):158. In his section on the The Intellectual and Notes on Italian History, in The Prison Notebooks Gramsci describes the complexities of hegemony in detail. (1985). The American Historical Review 90.3 (1985): 567-93. Do not use an Oxford Academic personal account. hasContentIssue true, Copyright Cambridge University Press 1988, Andrew Carnegie and the Discourse of Cultural Hegemony. No Prime Minister has ignited the public imagination like Pierre Elliot Trudeau; and yet, no prime minister has been as misunderstood. The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities This article is available from multiple Web sites. To browse Academia.edu and the WebLears, T. J. It is usually achieved through social institutions, which allow those in power to strongly influence the values, norms, ideas, expectations, worldview, and behavior of the rest of society. She notes this done through consent and common sense, but This form of common sense fosters the belief that success and social mobility are strictly the responsibility of the individual, and in doing so obscures the real class, racial, and gender inequalities that are built into the capitalist system. Racquel Nicdao, Concept of Cultural Hegemony According to Antonio Gramsci, notes this common sense is forms of persuasion delivered through institutions such as schools, social groups, and churches. Freedom of speech is under direct attack.
