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    Biographies Of Hegemony

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    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 students at these elite universities, and limit their career options and expectations. Similarly, in the essay “Selections From Reading…

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    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 meaning and common sense. According to McLaren, society develops this ideology unfairly. In other words, there is favoritism towards a group and…

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    Hegemony is obedience that is self-ascribed by a population. It is the willful following, subjugation or domination without resistance. The population views a certain way of acting as the standard and proceeds to engage in such acts without force or coercion against them. An example is religion, where a new devote follower changes the ways they act to be in accordance to the religions standards. This may include increased charity donations, to abstinence from sex or alcohol, to a change in…

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    Hegemony is a process of coercion and consent. What does this mean, and how useful is it in explaining the role of culture in maintaining dominant ideologies? The expression ‘hegemony’ can be considered in a number of ways, the first and most apparent definition: a leader or representation of a certain ideology with the ability to gain control over another, weaker power. An example of this shown through history is the Soviet Union’s expansion over Eastern Europe, through the use of dictatorial…

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    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…

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    Deirdre Straughan would agree with the photo of the Slovakian fan in the dracula mask. This photo would help to support her argument immensely because it shows a person supporting other cultures at their own free will and it is disproving cultural hegemony. Straughan defined cultural hegemony as, “ the idea that American culture, as represented in widely exported American movies, TV shows, fast-food restaurants, and brands, is overwhelming the traditional cultures of other countries.” In the…

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    Hegemony is leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. Some key points that correlate with hegemony is patriarchy, genders, masculinity, and power. Hegemony allows people to see and think the way they do, and is in everyday life. It controls as if it is innate or natural. Hegemony supports and upholds the power and privilege of the white, upper class, heterosexual men. With that being said, this essay will examine how race, disability, class, and gender…

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    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…

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    it can surmised as movements from above providing guidance and orientation to those on the bottom having them accept the current state of affairs as “natural” by which the state could be able mediate and provide an avenue for their grievances tying into the first essay mentioned in the above. Though Gramsci’s analysis was more concerned with the political realm, he would also note the cultural effects of hegemony by noting the ideological apparatus on how the dominant intellectuals sell their…

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    Examples Of Constructivism

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    Systemic change is when there is a change or shift of the dominant power/powers in an international system. It can 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…

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