Constituting the people politically need not preclude pluralism within that association

Evidence

I think Schmitt is right to stress the deficiencies of the kind of pluralism that negates the specificity of the political association, and I concur with his assertion that it is necessary to constitute me people politicaUJ. But 1 do not believe mat this must commit us to denying the possibility of any form of pluralism within the political association. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 242

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Schmitt holds homogeneity a condition of possibility for any actual democracy — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 166; Pluralism inside the demos contradicts the homogeneity democracy requires — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 234; The political world is a pluriverse of states, not a universal human community — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 234 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• The people is constituted politically, not given sociologically. #expands (0.90) — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 443
• Ingroups need not be defined in opposition to outgroups #corroborates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 427
• Communal philosophy need not imply unanimous belief among members #corroborates (0.75)
• Shared political interests should ground mobilization, not pre-existing identities #qualifies (0.75)
• Elite cultural unity does not equal mass political unity #corroborates (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 439
• Common oppression does not necessarily unify the oppressed #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 335