Political action can express communal dwelling with uncertainty rather than a clear plan

Evidence

I find Federici’s view especially evocative of what unites the disparate examples of counter-speculation I have discussed in this chapter: political practices that contain no finite lessons for where to move toward yet nevertheless represent important ways of dwelling collectively (and consciously) with the unknown. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 348 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Ahmad (1995), in a similarly scathing critique, argues that articulations of hybridity fail to address adequately the social and political continuities and transformations that underpin individual and collective action in the real world. In that world, he argues, political agency is “constituted not in flux or displacement but in given historical locations.” Moreover, it is sustained by a coherent “sense of place, of belonging, of some stable commitment to one’s class or gender or nation” (Ahmad, 1995:16, 14). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 921 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Counter-speculations offer no destination but enable collective dwelling with uncertainty — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 348; Political agency requires stable location, place, and commitment rather than flux — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 921; Sometimes the right political action is to wait and organize instead of disrupt — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 908 (+1 more)

Related

• Counter-speculations offer no destination but enable collective dwelling with uncertainty (similarity 0.89)
• Political agency requires stable location, place, and commitment rather than flux (similarity 0.80)
• A political vote can express dwelling with uncertainty rather than a positive program (similarity 0.80)
• Contemporary political movements emerge from speculation rather than rational calculation (similarity 0.79)
• Counter-speculation in politics is not a new phenomenon (similarity 0.79)
• Speculative communities embrace uncertainty through strategic unknowing rather than anticipation or control (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Counter-speculations offer no destination but enable collective dwelling with uncertainty #corroborates (0.92) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 348
• Political agency requires stable location, place, and commitment rather than flux #contradicts (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 921