Hegemony

Examples of Hegemony in the following topics:

• Hegemony

  • A hegemony exceeds relational and structural powers.
  • Modern world has seen three modern hegemonies.
  • When a hegemony rises, the world economy grows and prospers.
  • Then a war follows, and, in the aftermath, a new hegemony rises.
  • Some people argue the United States grew into a selfish hegemony.

• Athens

  • Prior to the rise of Athens, Sparta, a city-state with a militaristic culture, considered itself the leader of the Greeks and enforced an hegemony.
  • The fifth century BCE was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Athens.

• The Challenge of Diversity

  • Despite this successful trajectory, challenges to diversity naturally occur as a result of communication (languages and values), majority hegemony, and groupthink.
  • This hegemony can create tension between different groups, ultimately resulting in the smaller groups moving towards the culture of the larger ones to close the dissonance, a practice called assimilation.

• Effects of the Peloponnesian War

  • However, it marked the demise of Athenian naval and political hegemony throughout the Mediterranean.
  • By the end of the fifth century BCE, Sparta’s successes against the Athenian Empire and ability to invade Persian provinces in Anatolia ushered in a period of Spartan hegemony.
  • Agesilaus II was one of two Spartan kings during the period of Spartan hegemony.

• The Question of Spanish Succession

  • The question of Spanish succession at the turn of the 18th century was linked directly to the question of balance on powers in Europe and led to a major European war that ended the European hegemony of France.
  • However, the inheritance was so vast that its transference would dramatically increase either French or Austrian power which, due to the implied threat of European hegemony, was of the utmost importance to Europe as a whole.

• Thinking Politically

  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.
  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.

• The Eastern Zhou Period

  • During this time, power became increasingly decentralized as regional feudal lords began to absorb smaller powers and vie for hegemony.
  • The period from 685-591 BCE was called The Five Hegemons, and featured, in order, the Hegemony of Qi, Song, Jin, Qin, and Chu.

• Characteristics of the State

  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.

• Student Subcultures

  • Stuart Hall and Tony Jefferson described youth subcultures as symbolic or ritualistic attempts to resist the power of bourgeois hegemony by consciously adopting behavior that appears threatening to the establishment.

• Culture Wars

  • Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci presented in the 1920s a theory of cultural hegemony.