Cultural hegemony

not only empowers individuals to work harder, but also motivates women to free themselves from restriction. However, Karen Ho explains how the elite education system blinded students’ eyes on what constituted a good job in the essay “Biographies of Hegemony”. She also mentioned that Wall Street companies hire the majority of their employees from elite universities, especially Harvard and Princeton. The culture and tradition of working on Wall Street after graduation exert high pressure on…

Whether we are aware of it or not, the hegemony in our society is constantly attempting to deliver its ideology to the masses. In fact, the hegemony has to do this because in order to assert its “power or dominance” over another group, it must first present its ideology as the correct way to think or act (Lull). While the hegemony has a variety of mediums to convey that message, the films, Iron Man and Into the Woods, clearly demonstrate how the hegemony represents their views to both adults and…

A brand takes the most idealized version of societally bound standards and commercializes a privileged race, class, or gender to increase momentum of hegemony and racial capitalism. This, as both philosophers Antonio Gramsci and Cedric Robinson would explain, is a direct effect of the formation of prioritizing a particular race and class thus manipulating our culture’s beliefs and values. In Black Marxism…

Literature is said to be the mirror of a society and one of the major functions of it has been to make people aware of their surroundings as well as themselves. While many writers of today might digress from the true purpose of writing, the classics have always held a special place in what may be called as the awakening of the individuals. In this context, George Orwell’s Animal Farm- A Fairy Story, which is a dig at the then contemporary political scenario is one of the finest reads of 20th…

INTRODUCTION Considering the position of America as both the global authoritative superpower and a centrally involved participant in world affairs, any action taken to adjust the current grand strategy will have vast ramifications on all actors in the international system. Ultimately, the decision will fall upon the shoulders of our future president; whether Donald Trump will continue the political status quo of deep engagement or follow through on his “Make America Great Again” campaign…

In The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia Goh focuses on the Sino-U.S rivalry and collaboration over the decades. Goh also examines the behaviors exhibited by other powers like Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN countries. Goh’s objective in this book is to analyze and discuss the complicated international relations realities in East Asia in the post-Cold War era. The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia is…

I would argue that the main point of this chapter is that schooling has not been focusing on teaching students how to reflect, to critical think, and to judge the things they think and do. In addition, hegemony is a silent method of social dominance and subordinate groups seem to accept it without notice it. McLaren explains that critical pedagogy defines ideology in a way, in which we view the world with certain values, ideas, and beliefs. This gives our social and political life a…

supervisor ramrods his plans that solely took into consideration his company’s financial gain and avoids any other possible alternatives during the discussion with Mr. Jimmy. Lull (1995) says, “Social consent is a necessary part of the process [of hegemony]… For hegemony to work, people must believe in their system of governance and in their dominant culture.” Therefore, Vidrine never would have had the power to make such an important decision if the crew and its leader did not give their…

be characterized by when hegemony moves from the main hegemonic power to another rising power, or to several other rising powers in the system. Challenges to hegemonic powers that would lead their powers to the hands of others include but are not limited to other powers becoming more economically and technologically advanced the costs of remaining a hegemonic power tend to grow more than the resources within the state, another state’s material power outweighs the hegemony and another state…

I am actually a middle manager in one of the county agencies. In my line of work there are many layers of responsibilities. Some special assignments and projects by far exceed the legitimate power that was given to me and requires higher level of power and authority than my middle manager power can provide. It is also apparent to me that I have to rely and depend on others to accomplish the goals and objectives of the organization. Yes, I feel sometimes I need power being aware there are…