The big problem is always the problem of identification. What constitutes a group that could potentially exercise hegemony?
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I have a casual/functional test of hegemony, which exists in two parts: Coalitions and Commensurate-ness (commensurability?)
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Coalitions: all other groups banded together ought to be able to overcome any one group.
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Commensurate-ness: I ought to get something I REALLY want over something you kinda want and vice versa.
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But that question "what constitutes a group that could potentially exercise hegemony, and how are such groups identified"
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Is probably a question I could spend my entire life trying to answer to anyone's satisfaction.
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Let alone my own. Sigh. Somebody pay me to spend my life answering this question. What degree do I need to get? Political philosophy?
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American studies? Poli sci? Sociology? Anthropology? How can I make this work? Lol. It's by far the most interesting of the questions...
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I have wanted to spend my life answering thus far. "What, if anything, are the distinctive characteristics of African American art?" is 2nd
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