Gramsci Wrote That in Pre-Industrial Societies the Powerful Controlled Populations

question 24

Multiple Choice

Gramsci wrote that in pre-industrial societies the powerful controlled populations mostly by force. According to Gramsci, what mechanism of control has largely replaced force after the Industrial Revolution?

• A) economic domination
• B) cultural hegemony
• C) class consciousness
• D) imperialism

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Activators

Proteins that bind to specific DNA sites to increase the likelihood of transcription of a particular gene.

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The act of transferring the encoded information from a DNA strand into a novel molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

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Mechanism in which RNA molecules interfere with gene expression by preventing translation of specific mRNAs.