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'''Hegemony''' (hɨˈdʒɛməni) (Amer.), hɨˈɡɛməni (Brit.)) (el|ἡγεμονία ''hēgemonía'') is a [[concept]] that has been used to describe and explain the dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or '''hegemon''' acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force. It is used broadly to mean any kind of dominance, and narrowly to refer to specifically cultural and non-military dominance, as opposed to the related notions of [[empire]] and [[suzerainty]].  

'''Hegemony''' (hɨˈdʒɛməni) (Amer.), hɨˈɡɛməni (Brit.)) (el|ἡγεμονία ''hēgemonía'') is a [[concept]] that has been used to describe and explain the dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or '''hegemon''' acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force. It is used broadly to mean any kind of dominance, and narrowly to refer to specifically cultural and non-military dominance, as opposed to the related notions of [[empire]] and [[suzerainty]].  

In [[international relations]], a hegemon may be defined as a power that can dictate the policies of all other powers in its vicinity, or one that is able to defeat any other power or combination of powers that it might be at war with. An example of a hegemonic state in history is the |united Germany that existed from 1871 to 1945, "[...] European coalitions were likely to arise to contain Germany's growing, potentially dominant, power.", p. 145: "Unified Germany was achieving the strength to dominate Europe all by itself--an occurrence which Great Britain had always resisted in the past when it came about by conquest." or historically the Spanish and British Empires.

In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations international relations], a hegemon may be defined as a power that can dictate the policies of all other powers in its vicinity, or one that is able to defeat any other power or combination of powers that it might be at war with. An example of a hegemonic state in history is the |united Germany that existed from 1871 to 1945, "[...] European coalitions were likely to arise to contain Germany's growing, potentially dominant, power.", p. 145: "Unified Germany was achieving the strength to dominate Europe all by itself--an occurrence which Great Britain had always resisted in the past when it came about by conquest." or historically the Spanish and British Empires.

Pertinent to the concept are the processes by which a dominant culture maintains its dominant position.  Examples are: the use of institutions to formalize power, the employment of a bureaucracy to make power seem abstract (and, therefore, not attached to any one individual), the inculcation of the populace in the ideals of the hegemonic group through education, advertising, publication, etc., and the mobilization of a police force as well as military personnel to subdue opposition.

Pertinent to the concept are the processes by which a dominant culture maintains its dominant position.  Examples are: the use of institutions to formalize power, the employment of a bureaucracy to make power seem abstract (and, therefore, not attached to any one individual), the inculcation of the populace in the ideals of the hegemonic group through education, advertising, publication, etc., and the mobilization of a police force as well as military personnel to subdue opposition.

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/contributions/gramsci.html Stuart Hainsworth, "Gramsci's hegemony theory and the ideological role of the mass media"]

*[https://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/contributions/gramsci.html Stuart Hainsworth, "Gramsci's hegemony theory and the ideological role of the mass media"]

*[http://www.uwec.edu/mdorsher/ica2001/hegemony_online.htm Mike Dorsher, Ph.D., "Hegemony Online: The Quiet Convergence of Power, Culture and Computers"]

*[https://www.uwec.edu/mdorsher/ica2001/hegemony_online.htm Mike Dorsher, Ph.D., "Hegemony Online: The Quiet Convergence of Power, Culture and Computers"]

*[http://www.caledonia.org.uk/hegemony.htm Hegemony and the hidden persuaders - the power of un-common sense]

*[https://www.caledonia.org.uk/hegemony.htm Hegemony and the hidden persuaders - the power of un-common sense]

*[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html?ex=1359176400&en=1af8c9c386cc212d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Parag Khanna, "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony"]

*[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html?ex=1359176400&en=1af8c9c386cc212d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Parag Khanna, "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony"]

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