Subordinate classes retain corporate cultures even under hegemony.
Evidence
The reverse side of this is that, even under hegemonic conditions, there can be no total incorporation or absorption of the subordinate classes (such as, for example, is foreseen in Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man ). The dominated classes, which have their own objective basis in the system of productive relations, their own distinctive forms of social life and class practice, remain—often as a separate, distinct, dense, and cohesive structure—a corporate class culture which is nevertheless contained . — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 905
Categorization
- XREF: Directly contrasts with Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man. Would connect to prior discussions of Frankfurt School totality in the reader’s notes.
- ADDENDUM: Contained corporate class culture parallels the contained-subordinate-culture dynamics, though of a different domain than my published pieces.