Power constitutes identities rather than acting between pre-formed ones.
Evidence
This implies that we should not conceptualize power as an extn7I4I relation taking place between two pre-constituted identities, but rather as constituting the identities themselves. This point of con8uence between objectivity and power is what we have called ‘hegemony’. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 97
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the distinctive Mouffian sense of ‘hegemony’ as power-objectivity confluence.
- XREF: connects to: Guaranteeing autonomous expression of diverse identities can unify rather than fragment a movement. — Michelle I. Gawerc, Coalition-building and the forging of…, 234; Schmitt treats unity and identity as given, not politically constructed. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 246; Power is constitutive of social relations, not separable from them. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 446 (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Power produces the individual rather than merely repressing it
#expands(0.92) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 301 - Disciplinary power produces individuals rather than suppressing them.
#exemplifies(0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 264 - The individual is an effect of power, not its presupposed target
#expands(0.90) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 48 - Power produces subjects and desires rather than merely repressing them
#expands(0.88) — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 131 - Power generates the will it seems to express rather than serving a preexisting one.
#expands(0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 618 - Identity is transformed by political action, not a precondition of it
#corroborates(0.80) - Identity is a positional political choice, not an ascribed primordial given
#corroborates(0.78) - Social identities empower even when shaped by oppressive power relations.
#qualifies(0.75) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 251 - Identity is both a source of agency and increasingly constructed rather than given
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