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Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony

Philosophize This!

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The Goal of Cultural Hegemony Is to Stay in Power

The goal of cultural hegemony is to stay in power. dominant social groups have realized that the most efficient way of doing this is by controlling people's systems of values. These ruling intellectuals oftentimes dominate the ideas that are available to citizens of a society. So often these people are out of touch when it comes to what life is even like for most people in a culture.

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