THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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Question
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What were the kind of repressive practices Cox and Gramsci focused on?
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Socioeconomic repression
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Modern repression
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Identity repression
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gramsci is best known for his theory of cultural hegemony, which describes how the state and ruling capitalist class – the bourgeoisie – use cultural institutions to maintain power in capitalist societies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Whilst Karl Marx claimed that the bourgeoisie (ruling class) control the economic basein society and create the superstructure that enable them to control the proletariat (working class), Gramsci argued that control occurs through ‘ideological illusions’ produced by the ruling class.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hegemony as Hard Power. Hegemony as Structural Power. Hegemony as Soft Power.
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