Gramsci's Theory Of Cultural Hegemony And Its Significance

Antonio Gramsci distinguished soldiers of the international labor movement, Marxist theoretician. He was active in the labor movement to promote the socialist ideology of the liberation of the working class struggle for life. Both his mental and physical torture by the harsh circumstances under writing, the book is extremely broad theoretical issues involved. In Gramsci's social background, culture, hegemony refers primarily by cultural and moral influence to the consent of subordinate groups to achieve their control.Gramsci, this paper examines the basis of cultural, but also to reflect on the cultural hegemony , hope to help build socialism with Chinese characteristics culture. The first chapter hegemony from the cultural origin and background about the idea, the Italian intellectual traditions, the early Marx's discourse on the state, Marx and Lenin's theory of the proletarian revolutionary consciousness theory on the formation of Gramsci's cultural hegemony play an important role, Glenn West in succession developed on the basis of their hegemony thinking. This chapter discusses Machiavelli, Croce, Marx, Lenin, Gramsci thought some of the theories and the links and different views on some issues, and contact the social reality in which Gramsci was introduced Gramsci theory formation of social and historical conditions.From the starting point of view, culture is the hegemony on the theory of the social role of culture, ideology, this second chapter from the cultural - ideological perspective of the cultural ideology of the hegemony functions in the framework of its ideas with the macro of understanding, and from civil society, intellectuals, and cultural hegemony in the realization of the path of several aspects of general culture, the main content of thought hegemony. This chapter also refers to the characteristics of cultural theory of hegemony that is compulsory consent,legitimacy,cultural hegemony through internal investigation can reveal the nature of the regime of some "secret."In the new historical circumstances, Gramsci's cultural theory of hegemony by extension and development, this chapter introduces his theory of the late 20th century Western Europe, North America, by the new School for International Political Economy Gramsci study, the emergence of new realism and neo-liberal mainstream of the two. Gramsci's theory is still the ideology of the Frankfurt School critical theory to develop there. The current context of globalization, Gramsci and cultural theory of contemporary significance of hegemony, inspiration we see various manifestations of Western hegemony, we must remain vigilant and strengthen the guidance of Marxism, the theory of the ideological front, solid building society with Chinese characteristics Marxist cultural hegemony position.