Culture’s inherent heterogeneity makes its own identity a perpetual threat to itself

Evidence

It is of the very nature of culture, accordingly, that despite itself, in spite of its disposition qua cultural identity to repeat and reproduce itself, it could develop into something else. The threat to (a) culture is that it could become something different, lose its (current) identity, cease to be by seeing what it takes as its core convictions, values, or commitments eroded. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1891

Categorization

• XREF: Plausibly connects to the threatened-privilege mobilization thesis — the internal logic by which a group experiences its own openness as existential threat. — connects to: Cultural identity is always hybrid yet anchored in specific historical formations — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 806; Cultural homogeneity is purchased through severe repression and invites its own resistance; Cultural homogeneity is sustained only by repression and purging difference — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1899 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Culture’s truth depends on immanent critique of its own untruth. #expands (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 966
• Cultural identity is always hybrid yet anchored in specific historical formations #expands (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 806
• Cultural homogeneity is purchased through severe repression and invites its own resistance #qualifies (0.75)
• Cultural homogeneity is sustained only by repression and purging difference #qualifies (0.73) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1899