This essay uncovers how the concepts of identity and politics interact in democracy, suggesting alternate democratic engagement methods.
Democratic politics requires the democratic subject's identifiability to enable accountability. This requirement, stabilizing identities' classificatory categories of race, sexuality, class and gender, entails essentialist tendencies and invites stereotyping. This essay conjures an imaginary of a democratic politics beyond recognition, a democracy powered by the actions of perceptible yet unidentifiable subjects. This form of democratic engagement allows the subject to show up Footnote*
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