Classical Social Movements

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Endnotes:

"The classical social movement, as defined by Carl Schmitt, is the mediation between the unorganised people and the state.30 Such a movement seeks to organize or mobilize “the people” as an administrative and political category, one that must overcome the identities that differentiate a given nation, often by violently repressing the interests or even existence of specific groups. In contrast, the non-movements express the antagonistic dimension of identity politics in the sense that they cannot constitute a people, and seldom even articulate clear political or positive demands. Or else they produce an endless stream of partial and sometimes contradictory demands — thereby resembling a hydra whose many calls are almost impossible to fulfill, yet whose lifespan can be short and violent."

(https://endnotes.org.uk/posts/endnotes-onward-barbarians)

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see: Non-Movements