Political agency requires historical location and stable commitments, not hybrid flux.

Evidence

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

Categorization

• DEFINE: Ahmad’s rebuttal of hybridity theory grounds political subjectivity in given locations, a useful counterpoint to deconstructive identity claims.
• XREF: Connects to critiques of postmodern identity-deconstruction found elsewhere in the vault’s anti-essentialist debates. — connects to: Political agency requires stable location, place, and commitment rather than flux — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 921; Revolutionary politics requires active intervention in history rather than correct waiting.; Agency is a historical concept, not a natural category — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 354 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Political agency requires stable location, place, and commitment rather than flux #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 921
• Agency is a historical concept, not a natural category #expands (0.80) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 354
• Political actors form through regimes rather than preceding them. #expands (0.75) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 576
• Agency should not be equated with history-making or self-empowerment #contradicts (0.72) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 327
• Revolutionary politics requires active intervention in history rather than correct waiting. #corroborates (0.70)