Constructing a people reveals representation as the primary terrain of social objectivity
Evidence
Constructing a ‘people’ is not simply the application to a particular case of a general theory of representation which could be formalized at a more abstract level; it is, on the contrary, a paradigmatic case, because it is the one which reveals representation for what it is: the primary terrain of constitution of social objectivity. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 322
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Democracy and populism both depend on producing an empty signifier — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 337; Representation transforms the identity of those represented, not merely transmits their will — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 312; Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Representation meaning arises independently of authorial intention and depends on preexisting social knowledge
#expands(0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 743 - Collective identities like class, race, nation and gender positioned the individual self
#exemplifies(0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 188 - Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange
#expands(0.80) - Individuality emerges from the layering and clash of overlapping social types
#corroborates(0.75) — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 284 - Reimagining words as mere representations made a people’s distinctive mentality accessible as an abstraction
#exemplifies(0.75) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 446 - Objectness is the state of being an object, distinct from objectivity
#qualifies(0.70)