Hegemony lets ideologies operate without any locatable authority.
Evidence
Structures of authority need not be as all-encompassing as in this situation. In our final example, we demonstrate how interactional dynamics may shore up ideological structures even in the absence of a locatable powerful authority. This is the process that Antonio Gramsci (1971) calls hegemony. — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction, 103
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the specifically interactional sense of Gramscian hegemony vis-a-vis centralized authority.
- XREF: Connects to Gramsci’s hegemony and to the reader’s interest in the micro-mechanisms of identity being kept open in interaction rather than imposed from above. — connects to: Ideologies can entrench without any deliberate design by their inventors — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 494; Institutional racism can operate without any individual intent. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1864; A ruling party exercises hegemonic power without formal juridical rule — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 944 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Capitalist ideology works by concealment, not persuasion, and needs no advocates
#corroborates(0.86) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 580 - A ruling party exercises hegemonic power without formal juridical rule
#expands(0.82) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 944 - Status dynamics let hegemony persist without any conspiracy
#expands(0.80) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 810 - Ideologies can entrench without any deliberate design by their inventors
#expands(0.78) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 494 - Capitalism functions without anyone believing in it, unlike fascism
#exemplifies(0.76) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 29 - Hegemony is an unstable equilibrium never certain of success
#complicates(0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 767 - Institutional racism can operate without any individual intent.
#exemplifies(0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1864 - Polycentric governance enables collective action on shared resources without any central authority.
#exemplifies(0.74) — Laura Albareda and Alejo Jose G. Sison, Commons Organizing, 69