Concept
Hegemony
Overview
Hegemony ( , UK also , US also ) is the political, economic and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global.
In Ancient Greece (ca. 8th BC – AD 6th c.), hegemony denotes the politico-military dominance of the hegemon city-state over other city-states. In the 19th century, hegemony denoted the "social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu" and "a group or regime which exerts undue influence within a society."
In international relations theories, hegemony is distinguished from empire as ruling only external but not internal affairs of other states.
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The external activity of the State—with exceptions so rare as to be negligible—is selfish. Sometimes selfishness is mitigated by the need of retaining the goodwill of other States, but this only modifies the methods employed, not the ends pursued. The ends pursued, apart from mere defense against other States, are, on the one hand, opportunities for successful exploitation of weak or uncivilized countries, on the…
Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight
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The struggle for the supremacy of the State over other forms of organization was directed against the power of minor districts, provinces, principalities, against the dispersion of power among feudal lords as well as, in some countries, against the pretensions of an ecclesiastic potentate. The "State" represents the conspicuous culmination of the great movement of social integration and consolidation taking place in…
John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy
Close in meaning to Hegemony; the term itself is not named.
The process of leading men's thought and imagination away from the use of force will be greatly accelerated by the abolition of the capitalist system, provided it is not succeeded by a form of State Socialism in which officials have enormous power. At present, the capitalist has more control over the lives of others than any man ought to have; his friends have authority in the State; his economic power is the…
Bertrand Russell, Proposed Roads to Freedom
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Philosophers who discussed Hegemony
Related ideas
- Greek language
- Glorious Revolution
- German Empire
- Classical Athens
- Herodotus
- City-state
- Imperialism
- Julius Caesar
- Byzantine Empire
- Spring and Autumn period
- World Economic Forum
- Language
- Latin
- Empire of Japan
- Shiji
- Mercantilism
- Social constructionism
- Delian League
- Indian subcontinent
- Nazi Germany
- Intellectual
- Qin's wars of unification
- Dutch Golden Age
- Bhutan
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Part of Ancient history.