Gradual consciousness-raising and collective action together can produce lasting ideological change
Evidence
It is now clear that molecular practices of consciousness-raising are not opposed to the indirect action needed to bring about lasting ideological shifts — they are two aspects of a process that is happening on many different time tracks at once. The growing clamour of groups seeking to take control of their own lives portends a long overdue return to a modernity that capital just can’t deliver. New forms of belonging are being discovered and invented, which will in the end show that both steampunk capital and cybergothic ISIS are archaisms, obstructions to a future that is already assembling itself. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2022
Categorization
- QUESTION: Fisher’s optimism about group formation ‘on many different time tracks’ is speculative and worth testing against actual movement outcomes.
- XREF: connects to: Opinion-based groups convert broad ideologies into collective action — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 842; Consciousness-raising framed personal problems as political ones requiring collective action. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 61; Collective association multiplies individual power to achieve radical change (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Consciousness-raising framed personal problems as political ones requiring collective action.
#expands(0.92) — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 61 - Collective association multiplies individual power to achieve radical change
#corroborates(0.85) - Ideological change requires persistence against contrary immediate evidence
#qualifies(0.72) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 561 - Collective efficacy belief can convert group identity into personal pro-environmental action.
#exemplifies(0.71) — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We, 47