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Poetics of Relation

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'One of the most important writers of the French Caribbean' Guardian

Édouard Glissant's most celebrated, scintillating philosophical work - which sets out a new poetic vision for the world

'We cry our cry of poetry. Our boats are open, and we sail them for everyone'

In Poetics of Relation, Édouard Glissant turns the Caribbean of his birth into an energetic, multi-layered vision of a world in transformation. We come to see that relation in all its senses - telling, listening, connecting, and the parallel consciousness of self and surroundings - is the key to revolutionising mentalities and societies. We are not rooted, but ever-changing; we have a right to difference, wherever we are. Blending dreamlike prose with philosophical brilliance, this unique exploration of language, colonialism, slavery and freedom narrates an Antillean identity, but also that of the whole world, where 'the poetics of Relation senses, assumes, opens, gathers, scatters, continues, and transforms.'

Translated by Betsy Wing

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780241733110
Publication date:
Author: Édouard Glissant
Publisher: Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 256 pages
Genres: Poetry by individual poets
Decolonisation and postcolonial studies
Philosophy of language
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)