The master relates to others as interchangeable class members, never as particular individuals

Evidence

In homogenisation, differences among the inferiorised group are disregarded (Hartsock 1990:160–1). … Homogenisation supports both instrumentalism, incorporation (relational definition) and radical exclusion. It produces binarism, a division of the world into two orders. As Hartsock (1990) points out, homogenisation is a feature of the master’s perspective. To the master, residing at what he takes to be the centre, differences among those of lesser status at the periphery are of little interest or importance, and might undermine comfortable stereotypes of superiority. To the master, all the rest are just that: ‘the rest’, the Others, the background to his achievements and the resources for his needs. Diversity and multiplicity which are surplus to his desires need not be acknowledged. The other is not seen as a unique individual bound to the self by specific ties. It is related to as a universal rather than a particular, as a member of a class of interchangeable items which can be used as resources to satisfy the master’s needs. Elimination of reliance on any particular individual of the relevant kind also facilitates denial of dependency and backgrounding. Instrumentalisation and commodification normally produce relations of this kind. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 221

Categorization

• XREF: Treating others as interchangeable resources is the same logic by which ecosystems and species get commodified — direct Eco-Justice bridge. — connects to: Defining the other as lack incorporates it into the master’s self, precluding real recognition — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 215; Subordinates’ actions under instruction are not attributed to personality. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 193; The master’s self-certainty remains incomplete because the slave’s recognition is non-essential — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 685

Broader Connections

• Subordinates’ actions under instruction are not attributed to personality. #corroborates (0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 193
• The master’s self-certainty remains incomplete because the slave’s recognition is non-essential #complicates (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 685