Relation’s poetics demands concluding theory paired with non-concluding presence

Evidence

Poetics? Precisely this double thrust, being a theory that tries ta conclude, a presence that concludes (presumes) nothing. Never one without the other. That is how the instant and duration comfort us. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 908

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what Glissant means by ‘poetics’ in this work: an irreconcilable double thrust between a concluding theory and a presence that presumes nothing.
• XREF: connects to: Relation resists proof and admits only endless poetic description — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 879; Glissant makes neologisms collide abruptly like productive inter-cultural contact — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 28