Political Hegemony or Cultural Hegemony?

Tom Sunuc ()
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Ab Aeterno, vol. 1, issue 1, 2

Abstract: Every political system, including the democratic one, is based on a given cultural hegemony, which presupposes the dominance of political ideas of some social elite, or elites,but also implying the consent of social groups at lower strata of the society. In order to win or maintain cultural hegemony, control of the media, education, and public communications, as well as use and abuse of various mechanisms of "soft power" -as is the case today with "fun-making-society"- must be constantly upheld and updated. All of these conditions shape public opinion.

Keywords: Culture; Free-Market Fundamentalism; Neoliberalism; Conservatism; public opinion. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B30 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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