Antonio Gramsci ✓

: He argued the state uses "political society" (police/army) for coercion and "civil society" (culture/religion) to gain spontaneous consent.

Gramsci’s most famous contribution is the theory of . Antonio Gramsci

: The process by which a ruling class maintains power not through force, but by shaping the "common sense" of society. : He argued the state uses "political society"