ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci, Governmentality
31/03/2016
SCL Lecture 10
Reading:
Lecture Themes:
How the public’s consent to the current social order is gained
• Hegemony
• Governmentality
Hegemony:
Spotaeous oset gie the great asses of the populatio to the geeral disretio
imposed on social life the doiat fudaetal group; this oset is historiall aused
the prestige…hih the doiat group ejos eause of its positio ad futio i the
world of production (Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937)
• doiat refers to soiet
• prestige refers to ulture
• spotaeous oset
a) required for hegemony
b) does not always occur
c) if it does not occur then there is a struggle (the struggle can also be
spotaeous
• consent as part of Hegemony
consent is crucial to Hegemony
it need not be conscious
E. orkig lass speakers aept that upper iddle lass speeh the
stadard is etter
E. good aers deferrig to or seekig the opa of high lass
people
Ex. dating practices
choosing a brand = accepting hegemony
Governmentality:
• Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
• Govern-etalit the goeret’s etalit is a a to istall self-disciplined
conforming behaviour (hegemony)
• Characteristics of Governmentality
Arose with modern industrial society
Gathering information/surveillance
Social welfare practices
Fostering autonomy and self-discipline to create a conforming citizen who could
e goered for his o ad for soiet’s good
• Governmentality is not the same as the government—there is no single individual or
group in charge—it pervades society
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