Errantry can only be told indirectly through detour

Evidence

Whereas exile may erode one’s sense of identity, the thought of errantry-the thought of that which relates-usually reinforces this sense of identity. lt seems possible, at least to one observer, that the persecuted errantry, the wandering of the Jews, may have reinforced their sense of identity far more than their present settling in the land of Palestine. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 158 (#expands, via linked claim)

Errantry, therefore, does not proceed from renunciation nor from frustration regarding a supposedly deteriorated (deterritorialized) situation of origin; it is not a resolute act of rejection or an uncontrolled impulse of abandonment. Sometimes, by taking up the pl’oblems of the Other, it is possible to find oneself. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151 (#expands, via linked claim)

This has been a seemingly contextual explanation of our symposium. It should be noted, however, that the explanation might also be an analysis of the production of contexts and contextual explanations through marginalization centralization. My explanation cannot remain outside the structure of production of what I criticize. Yet, simply to reject my explanation on the ground of this theoretical inadequacy that is in fact its theme would be to concede to the two specific political stances (masculist and technocratic) that I criticize. Further, the line between the politics of explanation and the specific politics that my text explains is ever wavering. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 323 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: One can only recognize a boundary by stepping outside of it — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 787; Errantry, unlike exile, reinforces rather than erodes identity — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 158; Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151 (+4 more)

Related

• Errantry, unlike exile, reinforces rather than erodes identity (similarity 0.88)
• Errantry is a directed relational wandering that never loses its bearings (similarity 0.84)
• Errantry is directed wandering that always positions one in relation to the other. (similarity 0.83)
• Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self (similarity 0.81)
• Errantry is compatible with the will to identity as situated freedom (similarity 0.81)
• Entering the dialectic of totality is driven by errantry, not by the Voyage (similarity 0.79)
• Errantry can be rooted in a will rather than rhizomatically dispersed (similarity 0.79)
• Errantry negates every fixed pole and metropolis, unlike conquest or exile (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Errantry, unlike exile, reinforces rather than erodes identity #expands (0.80) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 158
• Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self #expands (0.80) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151
• Critical explanation cannot stand outside the structure it criticizes #corroborates (0.80) — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 323
• One can only recognize a boundary by stepping outside of it #qualifies (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 787
• Motion resists ontological derivation and must be accepted as a contingent fact #corroborates (0.72)