Marx conceived social unity as constructed out of difference, not identity

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Marxism conceives society as overdetermined relatively autonomous levels, not a simple unity; Marxism reads social formations as overdetermined unities with relatively autonomous levels; Society’s unity is self-produced by its members, unlike nature’s observer-made unity — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 168 (+7 more)

Related

• Society’s unity is self-produced by its members, unlike nature’s observer-made unity (similarity 0.85)
• Marxism conceives society as overdetermined relatively autonomous levels, not a simple unity (similarity 0.84)
• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness (similarity 0.84)
• Articulated unity relates parts through differences and subordination, not identity (similarity 0.82)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.82)
• The exchange sphere masks exploitative production relations and produces the illusion of isolated individuals (similarity 0.81)
• Democratic centralism seeks unity inductively through practice, not by abstract deduction (similarity 0.80)
• Real social unities must be conceptually dissolved into dualities that never fully capture them (similarity 0.80)
• Social mechanisms intensify only when applied reflexively to themselves (similarity 0.80)
• Marx decentered identity by lodging subjects inside un-chosen historical practices (similarity 0.79)
• Society operates as a complex formation structured in dominance with relative institutional autonomy (similarity 0.78)
• Biology and abstract reason never united humans; concrete thought did (similarity 0.78)
• Real equality is experienced associationally and requires consciousness to be real (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness #corroborates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169
• Marxism reads social formations as overdetermined unities with relatively autonomous levels #expands (0.70)