The residual term in a binary opposition can become the powerful, privileged term

Evidence

And yet, what is on the other side of the remainder exists, it is even the marked term, the powerful moment, the privileged element in this strangely asymmetrical opposition, in this structure that is not one. But this marked term has no name. It is anonymous, it is unstable and without definition. Positive, but only the negative gives it the force of reality. In a strict sense, it cannot be defined except as the remainder of the remainder. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 468

Categorization

• DEFINE: Baudrillard’s redefinition of the ‘remainder’ as the unnameable, privileged term in any structure of opposition.
• XREF: connects to: Political reclamation rearticulates a stigmatized term rather than replacing it — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 233; Différance disrupts fixed binary oppositions like male and female. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 214; Identity is constructed through opposition to a continuously reinterpreted other (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Political reclamation rearticulates a stigmatized term rather than replacing it #exemplifies (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 233
• Reclaimed identity terms retain traces of struggle rather than being cleansed of negativity #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 397
• Différance disrupts fixed binary oppositions like male and female. #expands (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 214
• Identity is constructed through opposition to a continuously reinterpreted other #qualifies (0.72)