Hegemony can be achieved through dominance over the work process.

Evidence

This extremely condensed and elliptical sentence contains a number of key Gramscian ideas: on the possibility of proletarian cultural hegemony through domination of the work process, on the distinction between organic intellectuals of the working class and traditional intellectuals from outside, on the unity of theory and practice as a basic Marxist postulate, etc. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1810

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the organic vs traditional intellectual distinction and proletarian cultural hegemony through work-process domination — core toolkit vocabulary for Module 2.
• XREF: The organic/traditional intellectual distinction is the scaffolding later Islamophobia readings assume when discussing who produces knowledge about Muslims — connects to Gramsci’s intellectual theory generally. — connects to: Rank-and-file shop committees turned strikes into organs of workers’ control — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 475; Professional behavioural modification sectors strengthened capital’s power over workers and consumers. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 842; Employers structure work to reproduce privilege and secure profits as instruments of class position. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 792 (+1 more)