 Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force to maintain order.This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced by the dominant class through the institutions that form the superstructure.Gramsci was born in Ales, in the province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, the fourth of seven sons of Francesco Gramsci (1860–1937) and Giuseppina Marcias (1861–1932).