All social objectivity is grounded on an originary exclusion
Evidence
This coming to terms with the paradoxical nature of liberal democracy requires breaking with the rationalist dominant perspective and calls for a theoretical framework which acknowledges the impossibility of constituting a form of social objectivity which would not be grounded on an originary exclusion. … Equally important for a truly pluralistic approach is his conception of ‘following a rule’ which, I argue, can help us with visualizing the diversity of ways in which the democratic game can be played. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 61
Categorization
- QUESTION: This is the crux of the reader’s test: is a non-exclusionary ‘we’ conceivable if all objectivity requires originary exclusion? Worth chasing whether Mouffe ever relaxes this.
- DEFINE: Central definition of the constitutive outside and originary exclusion — key to the pluralist ‘we’ question.
- XREF: connects to: All social objectivity is constituted through power and exclusion.; Every social objectivity is constituted through excluding acts of power. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 95; Racial homogenization is the necessary precondition for objectification and enmity — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 708 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- All social objectivity is constituted through power and exclusion.
#expands(0.96) - Every social objectivity is constituted through excluding acts of power.
#expands(0.95) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 95 - Racial homogenization is the necessary precondition for objectification and enmity
#exemplifies(0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 708 - Cultural-difference discourse naturalizes exclusion without requiring claims of biological inferiority.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 577 - Self-definition through exclusion restores self-respect to atomized individuals
#exemplifies(0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 836