A conjuncture fuses currents of differing durations into one analyzable configuration
Evidence
The idea that we should define a conjuncture as the coming together of often distinct though related contradictions, moving according to different tempos, but condensed in the same historical moment, is foreign to this approach. The name of Lenin is frequently and reverently invoked in these circles. Yet the approach precisely neglects Lenin’s graphic reminder that 1917 was “an extremely unique historical situation,” in which “absolutely dissimilar currents, absolutely heterogeneous class interests, absolutely contrary political and social strivings have merged … in a strikingly ‘harmonious’ manner.” — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094
Related
- Conjuncture is ephemeral circumstances while situation is structural (similarity 0.91)
- A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos (similarity 0.89)
- A conjuncture is a period fused by contradictions into crisis with no fixed outcome (similarity 0.87)
- The base determines only the tempo and limits, not the content, of the superstructures (similarity 0.87)
- Historical conjunctures are overdetermined accumulations of heterogeneous contradictions (similarity 0.86)
- Historical conjunctures like Russia 1917 arise from merged heterogeneous contradictions, not one principal one. (similarity 0.81)
- The conjunctural moment defines both the question and the cultural strategies appropriate to it (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos
#expands(0.95) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094