Cultural Hegemony In Ancient Greece

Cultural Hegemony: Ancient Greek An Italian Marxist philosopher by the name of Antonio Gramsci, came up with this concept and was known for emphasizing and elaborating the roles of culture and education within Marx's theories of economy, politics, and class. For the ancient Greeks the term “cultural hegemony” is used to describe an alliance in which a state achieves dominant military and political leadership. Cultural hegemony is the philosophic and sociological concept, devised by the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, created a theory that where one social group has dominance over another social group (the elite over the lowborn). Cultural hegemony is achieved through ideological and cultural means, with the ability of a group of people to hold power over social institutions. Has powerful influence when it comes to the values, norms, ideas, expectations, and behavior of the rest of society. In a historical point of view, cultural and political power in any era has rarely achieved perfect balance. The Cambridge Dictionary defines hegemony as, “the position of being the strongest and most powerful and therefore able to control others” (Cambridge Dictionary). As we seen in our text there was massive amounts with the use of power that the Greeks used not only with each other but surrounding countries as well. In ancient Greece, hegemony was

Morris stated in our text about the dispute between the “the mother city and her colonies”, “some of the colonies grew larger and richer” than from where they came. (Morris, 79). The second generation had thrived than the first one. The Peloponnesian War ensued the resettlement of hegemony (domination) in Greece from Athens to Sparta. A war that took place over the span of 50 years. What came out of the Peloponnesian brought wealth, prestige, and power to the