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Hegemony

Source hegemony

The leverage of being the source: the capacity to be the source of legitimacy, arising from the system's dependence on it. In a will-centered structure the lower class carries the fact that “without us there is no system” — this is the hegemony of that fact.

— Physis: A Theory of Power — Concept Glossary

The definition is from the Concept Glossary of Physis: A Theory of Power; the book will be published on Zenodo in October 2026. The English wording is provisional until the official English glossary is published.

AuthorEvren Öztürk
Published19 September 2026
Research programPhysis
First appearancePhysis: A Theory of Power
Developed inPhysis: A Theory of Power — Chapter 4, §2.3

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