Revolutionary belonging is temporal and unconditional while nationalist belonging is spatial and exclusionary
Evidence
As opposed to the essentially spatial imaginary of Blue belonging — which posits a bounded area, with those inside hostile and suspicious towards those who are excluded — Red belonging is temporal and dynamic. It is about belonging to a movement: a movement that abolishes the present state of things, a movement that offers unconditional care without community (it doesn’t matter where you come from or who you are, we will care for you anyway). — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1866
Categorization
- XREF: Resonates with the spatial/temporal contrast Fisher draws elsewhere (e.g., capitalist realism, hauntology) and with Lofland’s urban space/identity work. — connects to: Cosmopolitan and exclusionary nationalisms differ by future-orientation versus past-orientation — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1515; Diaspora nationalism can reinforce exclusive and essentialist communal ideologies — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3010; Diaspora offers an open alternative to defensive nationalist belonging (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Cosmopolitan and exclusionary nationalisms differ by future-orientation versus past-orientation
#expands(0.82) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1515 - Diaspora as imaginary differs from cultural-nationalist return to origins
#expands(0.78) - Diaspora culture is not inherently progressive or transgressive
#complicates(0.77) - Diaspora offers an open alternative to defensive nationalist belonging
#responds-to(0.76) - Changing apprehensions of time in nationalism require the coordinate of changing apprehensions of space
#corroborates(0.75) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 23 - Diaspora nationalism can reinforce exclusive and essentialist communal ideologies
#exemplifies(0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3010 - Nationalism answers an existential belonging deficit that capitalism creates
#complicates(0.73) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2047 - Patriotism and nationalism are distinct dimensions of group identification with opposing effects
#qualifies(0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2113 - Patriotism as critical attachment can be distinguished from chauvinistic nationalism
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