Stuart Hall

Question 1

Term / handle for understanding “society/the social” (as in course)

Answer 1

Struggle for hegemony

How do dominant meanings become “common sense,” and how are they contested?

Question 2

Definition (from course wording where available)

Answer 2

Positioned as “struggle for hegemony” in the middle of the ontology spectrum.

Question 3

Example scenario (general)

Answer 3

Cultural meaning struggles (what counts as “normal”, “respectable”, “dangerous”).

Question 4

Opposing thinking (in course contrasts)

Answer 4

Pure agency or pure structure accounts (he sits between, focusing on contestation).
Contrasts with Logical empiricism (truth via observation/logic) and Critical rationalism (truth via falsification)

Question 5

Ontology place

Answer 5

Middle

Question 6

How they explain “not sitting down in the waiting room”

Answer 6

he would read “not sitting” as part of a cultural struggle over meanings/norms (e.g., respectable conduct in public institutions) and how dominance becomes “common sense.”

Question 7

Keywords

Answer 7

Struggle over meaning; what becomes normal/legitimate vs deviant