Abyss-tested peoples live Relation without claiming chosenness

Evidence

Peoples who have been to the abyss do not brag of being chosen. They do not believe they are giving birth to any modern force. They live Relation and clear the way for it, to the extent that the oblivion of the abyss cornes to them and that, consequently, their memory intensifies. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 106

Categorization

• DEFINE: Glissant’s definition of Relation-by-negative: it is explicitly constituted against the exceptionalist/chosen-people frame — which pre-figures his whole critique of essentialist identity claims as the enemy of Relation.
• XREF: Directly adjacent to the reader’s strategic essentialism question: Glissant diagnoses chosen-ness/exception as the residue that makes fixed identity revert to residence, and offers Relation as the practice that avoids it. — connects to: Culture in Relation divides and specifies without claiming primordial status — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 814; No generalizable strategy of action in Relation can be developed — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 898; Shared abyss experience converts exception into ordinary peoplehood — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 107 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Shared abyss experience converts exception into ordinary peoplehood #exemplifies (0.85) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 107
• Adamant errantry itself paradoxically enabled a new connection with the Other that prefigures Relation #corroborates (0.78) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 269