Coexisting cultures cannot be ranked by any single historical clock.
Evidence
Cultures develop in a single planetary space but to different “times.” It would be impossible to determine either a real chronological order or an unquestionable hierarchical order for these times. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 822
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: National cultural formations cannot be read back from a single decisive event — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 307; No cultural form can be permanently classified by class origin. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1013; Cultures are never fixed or originary but constantly changed by movement and history — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1204 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Multiple coexisting temporalities exceed a single secular timeline.
#corroborates(0.92) - No culture is prime or primordial within Relation.
#corroborates(0.90) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 814 - Cultures are never fixed or originary but constantly changed by movement and history
#expands(0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1204 - Philosophy’s territory cannot be framed from a single cultural perspective.
#expands(0.85) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 383 - National cultural formations cannot be read back from a single decisive event
#expands(0.82) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 307 - Relation exceeds any single level of cultural analysis.
#expands(0.82) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 857 - No cultural form can be permanently classified by class origin.
#expands(0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1013 - Postmodern groups cannot be subjects, undermining any master narrative of history
#corroborates(0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 748 - You cannot evaluate your own culture from outside it
#expands(0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 463 - Culture is a constant battlefield with no permanent victories
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