Throughout the last two decades, discussions around “post-hegemony” have stimulated exchanges different theorizations of “hegemony” and their limits – not only one by Antonio Gramsci, but also predominantly discursive reformulation put forward Laclau & Mouffe. Very recently, a new article Peter Thomas on post-hegemony (2020) is triggering debates issue. In this paper, Thomas’s contribution ...

Using Jordan's concept of authoritative knowledge, this article describes some of the ways that the prenatal care practices of a group of U.S. women help to consolidate biomedical hegemony. We analyze the considerations that the women took into account when deciding whether or not to accept specific prenatal care recommendations as authoritative, focusing on when and how they used their own "em...

RAP MUSIC AND HEGEMONY: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RAP'S NARRATIVES Jamar Montez Wheeler

Over the last fifty years, French public authorities have played a major role in developing a policy for scientific and technical information (STI) in France. Four distinct periods can be identified. During the first, from 1955 to 1973, policy was dominated by de Gaulle’s concern to combat American hegemony and, since that time, STI policy has always been considered a part of French global poli...

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) has monopolized intelligence theory. A person's is only measured through the results of tests, which are logical-mathematical, quantitative and linear. As a result, other aspects human neglected. The hegemony IQ theory inseparable from historical, scientific, cultural backgrounds. Historically, indeed first more than 200 years old, starting with Gall's Phrenology.

-This paper explores what insights can be drawn from critical theory to enrich and strengthen Sen’s capability approach in relation to technology and human development. The two theories share some important commonalities: both are concerned with the pursuit of “a good life; both are normative theories rooted in ethics and meant to make a difference, and both are interested in democracy. The pap...