Emerging orders ground themselves in production, not in inherited moral authority.

Evidence

The representatives of the new order in gestation, on the other hand, inspired by ‘rationalistic’ hatred for the old, propagate Utopias and fanciful schemes. What is the point of reference for the new world in gestation? The world of production; work. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2313

Categorization

  • XREF: The materialist anchor — ‘the world of production; work’ — is the base/superstructure logic that later critical-theory work on colonial and racial domination either adopts or contests. — connects to: New orders are built by those who bear the burden, not the condemned — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1159; The people emerges through an act creating new order. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 450
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: New orders are built by those who bear the burden, not the condemned — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1159; The people emerges through an act creating new order. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 450