Churchgoers as the Counter‐Hegemonic Resources. The Cross Dispute and the theory of Cultural Hegemony Cover Image

Wierni jako zasób kontrhegemoniczny. Spór o krzyż w kontekście teorii hegemonii
Churchgoers as the Counter‐Hegemonic Resources. The Cross Dispute and the theory of Cultural Hegemony

Author(s): Michał Wróblewski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Media studies, Civil Society, Communication studies, Politics and religion, Politics and society, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Studies in violence and power, Sociology of Culture, Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: hegemony; ideology; common sense; Smolensk plane crash; Gramsci

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the text reconstructs the key elements of Birmingham school theory of culture in the context of Gramsci’s conception of hegemonic power. the second part of the text focuses on applying the above mentioned interpretative tools to the selected case study – events which took place in Krakowskie Przedmieście after the Smolensk plane crash. The main purpose is to show how “the cross conflict” can be understood as a routine hegemonic practice. I will focus on: the role of the Polish Catholic Church in constructing hegemonic power; defenders of the cross as a counter‐hegemonic resource; “the cross conflict” in the context of other “culture wars” which took place in Poland; the role of religion as a way of constructing resistance in symbolic realm.

  • Issue Year: 39/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 14-35
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish