..."deputies" exercising the subaltern functions of social hegemony and political government' who produce 'the "spontaneous" consent given by the great masses...imposed on social life by the dominant fundamental group'.9 But the broad consensus that must be the object of this group can only be threatened by the...

...of economic and political power in cultural terms by the established leaders of American society and "the 'spontaneous' consent given by the great masses...on social life by the dominant fundamental group; this consent is 'historically' caused by the prestige (and consequent confidence) which the dominant...

...cultural terms hy the estahlished leaders of American society and "the 'spontaneous' consent given hy the great masses of the population to the general direction imposed on social life hy the dominant fundamental group; this consent is 'historically' caused hy the prestige land consequent...

...would not illumine this story and arguments largely irrelevant to this narrative; (2) Gramsci stresses the " 'spontaneous' consent given by the great masses...on social life by the dominant fundamental group," an assertion sometimes borne out by the American conditions and sometimes not. The two religiously...

...According to Antonio Gramsci, cultural hegemony in a society being transformed by industrial capitalism is characterized by "the spontaneous consent given...on social life by the dominant fundamental group; this consent is 'historically' caused by prestige (and consequent confidence) which the dominant group...

...give a short definition. The most often quoted, but still one-dimensional, characterization of it is: "the 'spontaneous' consent given by the great masses...on social life by the dominant fundamental group." Its superiority over the notion of "false consciousness," which also seeks to explain why historical...

...Casscdon a negro' see Bray 1982: 40-1; on the Earl of Castlehaven see Bingham 1971. 3 That is to say, "the "spontaneous" consent given by the great masses...on social life by the dominant fundamental group' (Gramsci 1971: 12). 4 On blood as the seat of both lost and violence see Hoeniger 1992 and Smith 1995....

...asserts that "domination" is a function oí hegemony and coercion. He refers in one place to hegemony as "the spontaneous consent given by the great masses...imposed on social life by the dominant fundamental group."16 For Gramsci, to the extent that such hegemony does not exist in civil society, compliance...

...without force: through the "spontaneous consent," given by individuals emerging from subordination, "to the general direction imposed on social life by the dominant fundamental group."14 That this "spontaneous consent" appears, at times, to have been given uncritically, and with...

...not about hegemony per se.15 Moreover, the definition quoted most often in recent commentaries — "the 'spontaneous' consent given by the great masses...on social life by the dominant fundamental group" (Gramsci 1971 : 12) — is actually a description of one of "the subaltern functions of social hegemony...