The people emerges through an act creating new order.
Evidence
As the equivalential/articulating moment does not proceed from any logical need for each demand to move into the others, what is crucial for the emergence of the ‘people’ as a new historical actor is that the unification of a plurality of demands in a new configuration is constitutive and not derivative. In other words, it constitutes an act in the strict sense, for it does not have its source in anything external to itself. The emergence of the ‘people’ as a historical actor is thus always transgressive vis-à-vis the situation preceding it. This transgression is the emergence of a new order. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 450
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Populist reason is political reason itself, not a deviant form. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 444; The political act is divided between ontic content and ontological function. — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 451; People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 130 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Political will works through existing forces to create a new equilibrium
#expands(0.80) - People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join
#corroborates(0.75) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 130 - Order provides structure and security in society.
#expands(0.72) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 198