Errantry can be rooted in a will rather than rhizomatically dispersed

Evidence

Departure and errantry in Saint:John Perse are to be interpreted as a rejection of the histories of peoples but their magnificence as an assuming of History, in the Hegelian sense. This errantry is not rhizomatic but deeply rooted: in a will and an Idea. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 266

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly engages the reader’s Glissant thread: here Glissant distinguishes Perse’s rooted, willing errantry from the rhizomatic errantry he elsewhere theorizes — a clarification of what rhizome-identity is NOT. — connects to: Errantry is compatible with the will to identity as situated freedom — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 160; Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151
  • SEED: Distinguishing real errantry from rooted Ideas-will could anchor an essay on the difference between strategic mobility and genuine rootlessness.

Broader Connections