Archipelagos naturally illustrate the thought of Relation.

Evidence

Without necessarily inferring any advantage whatsoever to their situation, the reality of archipelagos in the Caribbean or the Pacific pro” vides a natural illustration of the thought of Relation. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 238

Categorization

• CANDY: A poachable aphorism: archipelago as the natural figure for relational, non-continental identity.
• XREF: connects to: Amassing commonplaces may be the methodologically right approach to worldwide relation — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 225; Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being; Space is constituted by the For-itself’s organizing of relations between objects (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Space is constituted by the For-itself’s organizing of relations between objects #corroborates (0.80)
• Chaos in Glissant’s sense is Relation, a totality whose order is perpetually in flux #qualifies (0.80) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 660
• Relation rather than Being names the ultimate principle. #responds-to (0.78) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 856
• Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being #expands (0.75)
• Order emerges from relations between things, not from an external observer’s frame #corroborates (0.75) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 538
• Theory aims to think concrete objects through their multiple interrelations #corroborates (0.75)
• The body is constituted as the totality of its meaningful relations to the world #corroborates (0.70)