Subjugated group consciousness both exposes oppression and enables a new world

Evidence

Subjugated group consciousness is first of all a consciousness of the (cultural, political, existential) machineries which produce subjugation — the machineries which normalise the dominant group and create a sense of inferiority in the subjugated. But, secondly, it is also a consciousness of the potency of the subjugated group — a potency that depends upon this very raised state of consciousness. However, it is important to be clear that the aim is not to remain in a state of subjugation. As Nancy C. M. Hartsock explains, “the point is to develop an account of the world that treats our perspectives not as subjugated, insurrectionary, or disruptive knowledges, but as potentially constitutive of a different world”. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1375

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘subjugated group consciousness’ as the double awareness of oppression machineries and of the group’s own transformative potency.
• XREF: connects to: Oppressed groups internalize dominant categories through double consciousness; Oppression functions by domesticating and submerging consciousness. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 121; Decolonization must transform inner consciousness as much as social structures — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 352 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• A newly hegemonic subaltern group must build a new intellectual and moral order #expands (0.85)
• Oppressed groups internalize dominant categories through double consciousness #complicates (0.82)
• Oppression functions by domesticating and submerging consciousness. #complicates (0.78) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 121
• Decolonization must transform inner consciousness as much as social structures #expands (0.75) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 352
• Subordinate groups can actively contribute to their own oppression by endorsing hierarchy-justifying ideologies. #complicates (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 852
• Resistance to oppression also creates social categories of difference #expands (0.70)