1.3 Assignment
In the video you watched in this section, Antonio Gramsci asks why the powerless agree to being oppressed by the powerful.
Write a paragraph in which you explain how you see this operating now, almost a hundred years after Gramsci defined this dynamic. In your paragraph, refer to the course readings, the hegemony video, and to your life today as a young person living in Canada.
You may refer to the cartoon dialogue below, involving Michel Foucault, though it is not required.
This will be marked according to the assignment rubric. Section assignments such as this should not take more than 30 mins.
