Relation is a self-generating system that produces without yielding static Being.
Evidence
Relation is a product that in turn produces. “Vhat it produces cioes not partake of Being. That is why, without too much anthroponl0rphic reductiveness perhaps, we can risk individuating it here as a system, so as to speak about it by name. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 811
Categorization
- DEFINE: Glissant’s core definition of Relation as a productive system that never ossifies into Being — the conceptual architecture beneath creolization as non-collapsing process.
- XREF: connects to: Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being; Relation is an ongoing process without presupposable prime elements or origin — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 868; Relation differs from totality by being self-active movement rather than static closure — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 863 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being
#corroborates(0.95) - Relation is an ongoing process without presupposable prime elements or origin
#expands(0.90) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 868 - Relation constantly differentiates and transforms its components rather than merely linking them
#expands(0.90) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 866 - Relation differs from totality by being self-active movement rather than static closure
#corroborates(0.88) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 863 - Relation is open active totality while static totality remains mere virtuality
#qualifies(0.82) - Difference is a generative relationship, not a fixed property of things
#expands(0.80) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 309 - Relation cannot be grounded in any apposition of Being to beings
#expands(0.80) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 856