Economism must be fought politically through the concept of hegemony.
Evidence
It is therefore necessary to combat economism not only in the theory of historiography, but also and especially in the theory and practice of politics. In this field, the struggle can and must be carried on by developing the concept of hegemony.” — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 626
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Directly echoes the anti-economism thread across Hall’s corpus and connects to the reading interest in Hall as economic thought.
Related
- For Gramsci, hegemony is the antidote to vulgar economism. (similarity 0.85)
- Gramsci’s hegemony concept rejects economic reductionism and reframes power non-coercively. (similarity 0.83)
- Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium that dominant forces must continually resecure (similarity 0.82)
- Hegemony is not equivalent to ideological domination. (similarity 0.82)
- Gramsci designed hegemony as a bulwark against economic reductionism. (similarity 0.82)
- Hegemony is achieved by more than mere class dominance (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony explains class domination without reducing it to narrow class-interest exposure. (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony as a term blocks reductive class-domination readings of political formations (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium never certain of success (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony is not the same thing as ideological domination (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony requires economic leadership, not just compromise concessions (similarity 0.81)
- Hegemony is forged through cultural and ideological struggle, not just force. (similarity 0.79)
- The economy can never act detached from political and ideological practices. (similarity 0.79)
- Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest (similarity 0.79)
- The economy can never act independently of political and ideological practices. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Economic structures are necessary but not sufficient to explain political and ideological features
#corroborates(0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 621 - Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest
#corroborates(0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 527 - A new Marxist paradigm seeks to overcome economism and reductionism
#corroborates(0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 631 - Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium that dominant forces must continually resecure
#expands(0.60) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 767 - Capitalist relations must be reproduced ideologically, not just economically
#corroborates(0.60) - Hegemony explains Thatcherism’s persistence beyond mere class domination
#exemplifies(0.60) - Juridico-political ideology masks the economic’s determinant role under capitalism
#qualifies(0.55) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 901