Edouard Glissant 1928 – 2011
Edouard Glissant (1928 – 2011) was a Martinican philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Postcolonial Philosophy and Continental Philosophy.
Edouard Glissant was a Martinican philosopher, novelist, and poet, one of the founding figures of Caribbean philosophy, and the most original theorist of creolization in late-twentieth-century thought. The Poetics of Relation reframed the modern history of the Atlantic as the long emergence of a relational consciousness in which the singular and the multiple, the rooted and the errant, are no longer in opposition. Caribbean Discourse and Treatise on the Whole-World extended his analysis to the political and aesthetic implications of creole identity, and made him one of the most influential voices in contemporary postcolonial and decolonial thought.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Martinican
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Postcolonial Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Edouard Glissant:
“I write to you from a place where the world has always already been creolized.”
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Attributed to Edouard Glissant:
“Identity is not a root but a relation.”
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Attributed to Edouard Glissant:
“The right to opacity is the right not to be reduced to the categories of the other.”
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Attributed to Edouard Glissant:
“Creolization is not the loss of identity; it is the discovery that identity is born in encounter.”
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Attributed to Edouard Glissant:
“Whole-world thinking is what comes after empire.”
Frequently asked about Edouard Glissant
- When did Edouard Glissant live?
- Edouard Glissant was born in 1928 and died in 2011.
- Where was Edouard Glissant from?
- Edouard Glissant was a Martinican philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Edouard Glissant associated with?
- Edouard Glissant was associated with Postcolonial Philosophy and Continental Philosophy.
- What was Edouard Glissant known for?
- Edouard Glissant was a Martinican philosopher, novelist, and poet, one of the founding figures of Caribbean philosophy, and the most original theorist of creolization in late-twentieth-century thought.
- How many quotes are attributed to Edouard Glissant?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from Edouard Glissant in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.