The Politics of Édouard Glissant’s Right to Opacity

Titre: The Politics of Édouard Glissant’s Right to Opacity; The CLR James Journal
Titre du volume: 1
Volume: 25
Date: 2019
Langue(s): English
Issn: 2167-4256
Résumé: The central claim of this essay is that Édouard Glissant’s concept of “opacity” is most fruitfully understood not as a built-in protection of a population or as a summary term for cultural difference, but rather as a political accomplishment. That is, opacity is not a given but an achievement. Taken up in this way, opacity is relevant for ongoing decolonial work today.
Creator: Benjamin P Davis
pages: 59-70