The base determines only the tempo and limits, not the content, of the superstructures
Evidence
The idea that we should define a conjuncture as the coming together of often distinct though related contradictions, moving according to different tempos, but condensed in the same historical moment, is foreign to this approach. The name of Lenin is frequently and reverently invoked in these circles. Yet the approach precisely neglects Lenin’s graphic reminder that 1917 was “an extremely unique historical situation,” in which “absolutely dissimilar currents, absolutely heterogeneous class interests, absolutely contrary political and social strivings have merged … in a strikingly ‘harmonious’ manner.” — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094; Economic base sets limits but never fully determines historical outcomes; The structure-superstructure distinction cannot be reduced to material technique
Related
- A conjuncture fuses currents of differing durations into one analyzable configuration (similarity 0.87)
- Conjuncture is ephemeral circumstances while situation is structural (similarity 0.86)
- A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos (similarity 0.84)
- Historical conjunctures are overdetermined accumulations of heterogeneous contradictions (similarity 0.84)
- A conjuncture is a period fused by contradictions into crisis with no fixed outcome (similarity 0.83)
- Economic base determines superstructures by setting limits, not by specifying their content (similarity 0.78)
- Conjuncture names what is historically specific within each capitalist phase (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- A conjuncture fuses distinct contradictions of different tempos
#expands(0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1094