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Hegemony . Key Terms. Inclusion vs. Exclusion Overt vs Covert Grand Narrative. Grand Narrative. Discourses in history that are foundational to ideologies Global, cultural narrative that explains knowledge and experience Enlightenment, democracy, Marxism
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Key Terms • Inclusion vs. Exclusion • Overt vs Covert • Grand Narrative
Grand Narrative • Discourses in history that are foundational to ideologies • Global, cultural narrative that explains knowledge and experience • Enlightenment, democracy, Marxism • Christian redemptionism, bourgeois progressivism
Definitions: • the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group (dictionary) • The way those in power use their power to control public perception in a way that ensures they will stay in power.
“If the world tells me thatXis _________, and I’m X, then I will eventually believe what the world is telling me if they do it long enough and hard enough”
Hegemony = internalizing an idea that makes you “othered,” marginalized, or less than • Something becomes hegemonic when a culture/individual allows “X” to resonate or have an effect