hegemony
World hegemony has been the goal of civilizations since the start of time. ... As the world entered the 20th century, the issue of hegemony remained present. The cases of hegemony in Italy and America in the early 1900s illustrated the complexity of uniting two distinct cultures. ... So the solution was hegemony – the forcing of the majority’s culture onto the minority. Both Antonio Gramsci and Woodrow Wilson were well aware that hegemony posed a problem with minorities as well as majorities and explored possible ways to make hegemony work. Two different types of hegemony exist: the concept of hegemony and expansive hegemony. Regular hegemony exists as a general discussion, something that can be considered at one point in time, while expansive hegemony encompasses a continuously changing situation that must be constantly discussed between the minority and majority. ... So knowing where these two men come from allows one to realize that they will have differing views on how to handle cultural hegemony. ... So Gramsci offers his solution, which is expansive hegemony. ... Wilson’s idea of hegemony was analogous to the melting pot – dip a person of any culture into the American pot and he/she should come out white. In one case, communication serves as the main emphasis on hegemony, while the other uses instructing and molding. ... Expansive hegemony cannot work if certain groups are isolated, because expansive hegemony thrives on constant communication between groups.