Dominance is maintained through unstable equilibria that concede some subordinate interests

Evidence

Once again, in Gramsci’s concept of “hegemony,” for example, we discover the beginnings of a way of conceptualizing how classes, constituted at the fundamental level of production relations, come to provide the basis of the social authority, the political sway and cultural domination of a “class alliance on behalf of capital,” without reducing the idea to what Marx once called the “dirty-Jewish” question of class interest, narrowly conceived. This latter form of economic reductionism, Gramsci argues, conceives of history as “a continuous march é de dupes , a competition in conjuring and sleight of hand. ‘Critical’ activity [i.e., Marxism] is reduced to the exposure of swindles, to creating scandals, and to prying into the pockets of public figures” (Prison Notebooks ). Which of us cannot quickly recall that brand of Marxism of exposure? — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 527 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hegemony is reproduced through unstable, shifting equilibria rather than static dominance; Dominant ideology recruits the dominated by neutralizing rival ideologies’ antagonism; Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium requiring continuous re-securing. (+25 more)

Related

• Dominant classes survive crises by out-maneuvering subordinate groups (similarity 0.92)
• Hegemony explains class domination without reducing it to narrow class-interest exposure. (similarity 0.92)
• Hegemony is reproduced through unstable, shifting equilibria rather than static dominance (similarity 0.91)
• Hegemony is achieved by more than mere class dominance (similarity 0.90)
• A class becomes hegemonic when its elite transcends narrow corporate interests (similarity 0.88)
• Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium that dominant forces must continually resecure (similarity 0.86)
• Hegemony is not equivalent to ideological domination. (similarity 0.85)
• Hegemony is an unstable ongoing process, never a settled victory (similarity 0.84)
• Hegemony is a precarious, ever-rebuilt dominance won mainly through consent plus coercion. (similarity 0.84)
• Hegemony requires economic leadership, not just compromise concessions (similarity 0.84)
• Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest (similarity 0.84)
• Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium requiring continuous re-securing. (similarity 0.84)
• Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium never certain of success (similarity 0.83)
• Hegemonic leadership is exercised by a historic bloc, not a whole class (similarity 0.83)
• Hegemony is coercion combined with consent, won and perpetually reconstructed through class struggle. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium that dominant forces must continually resecure #corroborates (0.85)
• Subordinate class institutions can be absorbed to contain rather than end opposition. #exemplifies (0.70)
• Capitalist and formally pre-capitalist modes combine in structured dominance. #exemplifies (0.60)
• Hegemony explains class domination without reducing it to narrow class-interest exposure. #expands (0.60) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 527
• Class equilibrium creates the appearance of a neutral, autonomous state #exemplifies (0.55)