Democratic centralism seeks unity inductively through practice, not by abstract deduction

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)

However, there is a decisive difference between the unity of a society and the unity of nature. It is this: In the Kantian view (which we follow here), the unity of nature emerges in the observing subject exclusively; it is produced exclusively by him in the sense materials, and on the basis of sense materials, which are in themselves heterogeneous. By contrast, the unity of society needs no observer. It is directly realized by its own elements because these elements are themselves conscious and synthesizing units. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 168 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Organic and democratic centralism are organisational forms hiding real political relations; Democratic centralism means adapting constantly to movement rather than hardening into bureaucracy; Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169 (+3 more)

Related

• Society’s unity is self-produced by its members, unlike nature’s observer-made unity (similarity 0.86)
• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness (similarity 0.81)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.81)
• Real social unities must be conceptually dissolved into dualities that never fully capture them (similarity 0.81)
• Marx conceived social unity as constructed out of difference, not identity (similarity 0.80)
• Biology and abstract reason never united humans; concrete thought did (similarity 0.79)
• Social mechanisms intensify only when applied reflexively to themselves (similarity 0.79)
• Articulated unity relates parts through differences and subordination, not identity (similarity 0.78)
• Organic and democratic centralism are organisational forms hiding real political relations (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness #expands (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169
• Society’s unity is self-produced by its members, unlike nature’s observer-made unity #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 168