A class becomes a people when its name outweighs its concept.

Evidence

Only when this last transformation has taken place can we speak of a historical singularity. And when this happens, we no longer have a sectorial agent such as a ‘class’: we have a ‘people’. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 362

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Naming heterogeneous demands performatively creates their unity. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 361; Populist reason is political reason itself, not a deviant form. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 444; Class is a contingent articulation of demands, not an ultimate core. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 487 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Class is a contingent articulation of demands, not an ultimate core. #qualifies (0.75) — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 487
• Signs are multi-accented arenas where classes struggle over meaning #expands (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 918
• A class lacking moral prestige can borrow the State’s reflected authority to found itself #expands (0.70) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1001
• Classes-in-themselves become forces-for-themselves through conscious organization. #responds-to (0.70)