Antonio Gramsci developed the concept of hegemony to describe

a: a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination
b: overt sociopolitical strategies
c: social controls that induce guilt and shame in the population
d: the critique of power by the oppressed that goes on offstage- in private- where the power holders can't see it
e: the open, public interactions between dominators and oppressed- the outer shell of power relations


Ans: a: a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination

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