Ruling-class unity is forged through the organic ties between State and civil society

Evidence

The historical unity of the ruling classes is realised in the State, and their history is essentially the history of States and of groups of States. But it would be wrong to think that this unity is simply juridical and political (though such forms of unity do have their importance too, and not in a purely formal sense); the fundamental historical unity, concretely, results from the organic relations between State or political society and “civil society”. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 415

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes Gramsci’s State/political-society–civil-society dyad from mere juridical accounts of ruling-class unity.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 415
• XREF: connects to: States rule subject groups by allying with their internal elites; Hegemony requires a separation between civil and political society; Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Hegemony requires a separation between civil and political society #contradicts (0.82)
• Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest #expands (0.78)
• A national-popular bloc requires religious and intellectual cohesion between elite and masses #complicates (0.75)
• Failing to integrate masses into the state produces a stunted, dependent ruling class #complicates (0.72)