Each group’s creative response to powerlessness retained part of the democratic ideal

Evidence

In an imperfect world, each of the three groups described here responded dexterously and creatively to powerlessness; each groups’ response lacked di¡erent aspects of the democratic ideal. But all retained some aspect of it. I can put this even more strongly: the e¡ort at retaining some aspect of it included an implicit recognition of its failings. The e¡ort at retaining a faith that the world makes sense, is just and democratic, included acknowledgment of the ways in which the world does not make sense, is not just, not democratic. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 173

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The same democratic ideal does different interactional work in different groups — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 136; Solidarity arises from how groups culturally cultivate their relation to powerlessness — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 85; Participation without control over parameters is not democracy but its evisceration — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 247

Related

• The same democratic ideal does different interactional work in different groups (similarity 0.85)
• Solidarity arises from how groups culturally cultivate their relation to powerlessness (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Solidarity arises from how groups culturally cultivate their relation to powerlessness #expands (0.85) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 85
• Participation without control over parameters is not democracy but its evisceration #complicates (0.72) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 247