China vs the almighty dollar

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DG23Ad04.html

China vs the almighty dollar
By Henry C K Liu

The Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci, while under Fascist imprisonment,
developed the concept of cultural hegemony: control people's minds, and their
hearts and hands will follow. Gramsci explained how one dominant class can
establish its control over others through ideological dominance. Whereas
orthodox Marxism explains social structure as shaped by economic forces, Gramsci
adds the crucial cultural dimension. He showed how, once ideological authority
(or "cultural hegemony") is established, the use of overt violence to impose
control can become superfluous.

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