Relation rather than Being names the ultimate principle.

Evidence

We must, rather, abandon this apposition of Being and beings: renounce the fruitful maxim whereby Being is relation, to consider that Relation alonc is relation. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 856

Categorization

• XREF: Directly counters Foucault/Spivak frameworks of fixed identity anchored in Being — the same pivot the reader traces from strategic essentialism toward creolization’s relational identity. — connects to: Archipelagos naturally illustrate the thought of Relation. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 238; Relation functions intransitively as an ontology, not as a link between terms. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 197; Naming any being by name is an act of respect that builds relationship — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 81 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Relation functions intransitively as an ontology, not as a link between terms. #expands (0.92) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 197
• Relation cannot be grounded in any apposition of Being to beings #corroborates (0.90) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 856
• Naming any being by name is an act of respect that builds relationship #complicates (0.72) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 81