Domination without leadership constitutes dictatorship without hegemony

Evidence

It is one of the cases in which these groups have the function of “domination” without that of “leadership”: dictatorship without hegemony. The hegemony will be exercised by a part of the social group over the entire group, and not by the latter over other forces in order to give power to the movement, radicalise it, etc. on the “Jacobin” model. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 551

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Distinguishes ‘domination’ from ‘leadership’ and dictatorship from hegemony — a core distinction carried into hegemony theory.
  • XREF: Connects forward to later Islamophobia readings on how coercive rule differs from consensual hegemony. — connects to: Domination operates through consent won by leadership, not force alone; A ruling party exercises hegemonic power without formal juridical rule — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 944; Power analysis must begin from techniques of domination, not sovereignty — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 52 (+8 more)
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 551

Broader Connections