Antonio Gramsci’s distinction between hegemony and domination constitutes one of the most significant theoretical innovations in 20th-century Marxist thought. His nuanced understanding of power moves beyond the classical Marxist focus on economic structures and coercive apparatuses to examine how capitalist societies reproduce their rule through a combination of coercion and consent. In Gramsci’s framework, domination … Continue reading How does Antonio Gramsci distinguish between hegemony and domination within his theory of power, and what implications does this distinction have for understanding the functioning of state and civil society in maintaining consent in capitalist societies?