Cultural hegemony

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In Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the dominance over a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who shape the culture of that society—the beliefs and explanations, perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of the ruling class becomes the accepted cultural norm.

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