Binary logic orders by exclusion while poetics seeks difference beyond opposition

Evidence

That is to say that exclusion is the rule in binary practice (either/or), whereas poetics aims for the space of difference—not exclusion but, rather, where difference is realized in going beyond. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 441

Categorization

• XREF: Directly maps onto Glissant’s creolization/rhizome argument against fixed identity: binary either/or thinking is the logic strategic essentialism would exploit, while this ‘space of difference’ is the alternative to residence in essence. Also resonates with Foucault’s race-struggle binary historiography critiqued for staying inside the either/or frame. — connects to: Formal logic neutralizes contradiction and serves prediction and control — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 525; Binary codes unite opposites by regulated negation rather than merely separating them — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 662; Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879 (+3 more)
• DEFINE: Defines the contrast between binary exclusion and poetics’ space-of-difference that underwrites Glissant’s whole creolization theory.

Broader Connections

• Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences #expands (0.85) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879
• Binary schematization’s completeness claim masks the imposition behind any dichotomy #expands (0.85)
• Binary codes unite opposites by regulated negation rather than merely separating them #contradicts (0.82) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 662
• Formal logic neutralizes contradiction and serves prediction and control #expands (0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 525