Group life requires institutions, not just recognition of identities.

Evidence

But my comments also reflect an unresolved tension: how can respect for individuals be ensured and conditions be fostered that nurture collective “ways of life”? This concern is not merely a matter of “recognition”—of the demand that one should be able to name oneself as a group and be confirmed by others as the bearer of that name, and thereby have one’s anxieties allayed. It is also a matter of embodied memories and practices that are articulated by traditions, and of political institutions through which these traditions can be fully represented. (The constituency represented does not have to be geographically continuous or univocal.) Our attention needs to be directed not so much at how identities are negotiated and recognized (for example through exploratory and constructive dialogue, as Charles Taylor has advocated). Rather, the focus should be on what it takes to live particular ways of life continuously, co-operatively, and unselfconsciously. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 868 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Member identity and democratic belonging must be actively cultivated to prevent cooperative degeneration. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 89; Coalition members must freely voice distinct identities and ideologies to build trust. — Michelle I. Gawerc, Coalition-building and the forging of…, 231; Collective ways of life depend on embodied practice, not just recognition of group identity. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 868

Broader Connections

• Collective ways of life depend on embodied practice, not just recognition of group identity. #corroborates (0.95) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 868