Marxism and Hegemony

Hegemony refers to the total cultural, economic and political dominance achieved by the ruling elite in a society. One feature of this is that once a group creates "hegemony", their viewpoint becomes accepted by society and is very rarely questioned. One example of this is men are seen as more powerful than women in society, and stereotypically we could say that men have obtained hegemony. Marxism, or Scientific Socialism, is the name given to the body of ideas first worked out by Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). In their totality, these ideas provide a fully worked-out theoretical basis for the struggle of the working class to attain a higher form of human society--socialism.

Another example of hegemony is in 1979 where the conservative party gained hegemony as the obtained power and created policies transforming the economy.