“Common sense” is a term used by Gramsci to refer to the supposedly “spontaneous” assumption and beliefs of different social groups. Referring to Gramsci, Stuart Hall states the following sentences. “It is precisely its [common sense’s] “spontaneous” quality, its transparency, its “naturalness” its refusal to be made to examine the premises on which it is founded, its resistance to change or correction, its effect of instant recognition...[that] ... makes common-sense, at one and the same time. “spontaneous”, ideological and unconscious.”
Choose the right sentence(s) that best explain(s) the arguments by Gramsci and Hall.

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“Common sense” is a term used by Gramsci to refer to the supposedly “spontaneous” assumption and beliefs of different social groups. Referring to Gramsci, Stuart Hall states the following sentences. “It is precisely its [common sense’s] “spontaneous” quality, its transparency, its “naturalness” its refusal to be made to examine the premises on which it is founded, its resistance to change or correction, its effect of instant recognition...[that] ... makes common-sense, at one and the same time. “spontaneous”, ideological and unconscious.” 
 Choose the right sentence(s) that best explain(s) the arguments by Gramsci and Hall.

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Referring to Gramsci’s term “common sense”, Hall argues that “common sense” plays an important role in maintaining the existing hegemony.

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Gramsci’s “common sense” is sound practical judgment concerning everyday matters. But Stuart Hall’s term “common sense” refers to the dominant ideology in society.

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“Common sense” emerges naturally from the society. It is not related to the dominant ideology.

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