Articulated unity relates parts through differences and subordination, not identity

Evidence

This does not mean, of course, that each member of a society is conscious of such an abstract notion of unity. It means that he is absorbed in innumerable, specific relations and in the feeling and the knowledge of determining others and of being determined by them. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Articulation in Althusser means joining, not expression of one level by another; Ideological unity forms through connotative condensation and an axial interpellation; Imagined unity terms like nation and consensus mask class antagonism (+22 more)

Related

• Imagined unity terms like nation and consensus mask class antagonism (similarity 0.86)
• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness (similarity 0.84)
• Articulation links different social structures through their differences, not their identities. (similarity 0.83)
• Marx conceived social unity as constructed out of difference, not identity (similarity 0.82)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.79)
• Articulation is a non-necessary linkage connecting ideology to social forces under specific conditions (similarity 0.79)
• Articulation lets distinct practices with different contradictions be thought together. (similarity 0.79)
• Society’s unity is self-produced by its members, unlike nature’s observer-made unity (similarity 0.79)
• Democratic centralism seeks unity inductively through practice, not by abstract deduction (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169
• Imagined unity terms like nation and consensus mask class antagonism #complicates (0.60)
• Ideologies connect to subjects through contingent, breakable articulations rather than necessity #expands (0.55)
• Ideological unity forms through connotative condensation and an axial interpellation #qualifies (0.50)
• Articulation is a non-necessary linkage connecting ideology to social forces under specific conditions #expands (0.50)
• Social formation elements articulate with each other in complex ways #corroborates (0.50)
• Ideology and material practice relate through systematic disjuncture, not correspondence #corroborates (0.50)
• Reflective thought forms a chain of linked units toward a common end #contradicts (0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1254