Hegemony in Gramsci’s later work becomes a general analytic concept applicable to all classes.

Evidence

In the course of his later writings, Gramsci went on to expand the conception of hegemony even further, moving forward from this essentially “class alliance” way of conceptualizing it. First, “hegemony” becomes a general term, which can be applied to the strategies of all classes, applied analytically to the formation of all leading historical blocs, not to the strategy of the proletariat alone. In this way, he converts the concept into a more general analytic term. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 109

Categorization

• DEFINE: Traces Gramsci’s extension of hegemony from a proletariat-specific strategy to a general analytic term — a core scaffold for the field.
• XREF: Connects to how South African apartheid statecraft and postcolonial decolonizing movements exemplify hegemonic blocs — relevant to downstream Islamophobia readings on racialized state power.