Hegemonia como via de acesso ao pensamento de Gramsci: um foco na revolução passiva

Abstract

This article makes part of a collective effort for the study of the thought of Antonio Gramcsi, in the search for clues to analyze power enigmas in contemporary life. Having as a central reference the thinker's concept of hegemony, I embark on a (re)reading of his work. I recover, thus, studies I had concluded in the 1980s, by reaffirming an interpretation of hegemony as both direction and dominion, involving consensus and force, in the context of within and between class relations. I focus, also, on the notion of passive revolution as a strategy of the dominators to coopt movements and democratic-popular struggles that dare to challenge its power.