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Gramsci presented the idea of hegemony as the complex product of consensus and coercion and the relationship between intellectuals and the state. ... Hegemony is implemented by institutions such as government and political parties in the forms of religion, education, and politics. This can be seen in articles such as Alberto Torres’ The Church, Society, and Hegemony (chapters three and four) and in Antonio Gramsci’s The Prison Notebooks (chapter two, On Education). ... Religion is a form of education for the majority of the population and often the dominated religion is that of the ruling class who directly influences the creation and implementing of laws within society.
Religion is a dominant method of transmitting hegemony because it can cross national boundaries and language barriers. ...
For Gramsci, the use of religion in society would bring the general public closer to the intellectuals because it solidifies the beliefs of the nation, which are the beliefs of the dominant and ruling classes. The hegemony that exists in this religious ideology is also a form of education and political communication. ... To explain this he uses the example of the United States and France, and how in France one political party is connected to a specific religion, but in the United States there are countless churches and religious institutions but only two dominant political parties.
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