The People

The people are the broader collective brought together by one state and a single economic and legal system. This concept helps disentangle the confusion between forms of belonging, because the author distributes them across different levels rather than making them a single, absolute meaning.

Referred to by

• Acquaintance and multiple belonging create a group without contradiction
• A group is defined by behavior, language, or system
• The people are a collective with one system
• Multiplicity of levels of belonging
• There is no contradiction between forms of belonging