MS4 - The Process of Ideology (Hegemony)

This process is in constant flux/movement. 

It is a process of struggle through negotiation and consensus. 

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) 

Italian Marxist 

Hegemony 

Karl Marx (1818-1883) 

German 

False Consciousness 

Louis Althusser (1918-1990) 

French Marxist Philosopher and Academic 

Ideological State Apparatus (ISA’s) and Repressive State Apparatus (RSA’s) 

A political ideology is a set of ideas, beliefs, opinions and values that: 

• Exhibit a recurring pattern. 
• Are held by significant groups. 
• Compete over providing and controlling plans for public policy. 
• Do so with the aim of justifying, contesting or changing the social and political arrangements and processes of a political community.