Organic and political traumas blur because both are blows against meaning

Evidence

The distinction between organic traumas and political traumas becomes blurred precisely because of the type of event that gives rise to them—a brutal event, without signification, that tends to efface its intentionality in order appear as a blow inflicted upon any possible hermeneutics in general. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4366

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Pairs with ‘On Sacrifice’ and the anthropology of brutal, signless violence; the event as a blow against hermeneutics is a strong companion to how ritual violence abolishes interpretation.
• DEFINE: Defines the shared trauma-structure that overrides the organic/political distinction—a signature Malabou move central to the reading purpose.
• XREF: connects to: Struggles over the meaning of words constitute the political crisis itself — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 430; Culture-talk in anti-Muslim discourse both displaces and produces political meaning; The same political term can carry radically divergent meanings across allies (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Struggles over the meaning of words constitute the political crisis itself #expands (0.85) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 430
• Culture-talk in anti-Muslim discourse both displaces and produces political meaning #exemplifies (0.80)
• Clash-of-civilizations rhetoric ideologically legitimized both foreign wars and domestic attacks #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 421
• Realistic conflict triggers and becomes indistinguishable from preexisting prejudice #exemplifies (0.80)
• Seeking correct definitions is itself politically subversive #expands (0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 514
• Misreading organic-conjunctural relations yields either economism or ideologism errors #expands (0.78)
• Modern discourse struggles to distinguish real suffering from theatrical representation #corroborates (0.78)
• The same political term can carry radically divergent meanings across allies #exemplifies (0.75)
• Some suffering resists articulation when public dialogue is skewed #complicates (0.75)
• Deconstruction paradoxically requires political resistance to stay silent and unprogrammatic #qualifies (0.72) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 321