The Enlightenment Of Gramsci’s Theory Of Cultural Hegemony To Ideological And Political Education

As the early representative of Western Marxism,Antonio Gramsci(1891-1937)has enriched and developed Marxist theories and regards them as apractical philosophy,he expounds the thoughts of ideology,believing that practical on the struggle in the economic field,but more on the superstructure,especially on the struggle in the ideological field,the essence and core of cultural hegemong is the theory of ideology. Moreover,with the nature of ideological education,the ideological and political education is a social and practical activity of instilling and spreading. The study on Gramsci?s theory of cultural hegemony is of great significance to the ideological functions of ideological and political education in China.The artical is divided into three parts. The first part part focuses on the historical background and theoritical source, the second part is the main connotation and characteristics of Gramsci?s theory of cultural hegemony,the third part concerns the enlightenment of Gramsci?s theory of cultural hegemony to ideological and political education.