The Politics of Edouard Glissants Right to Opacity uri icon

abstract

  • The central claim of this essay is that douard Glissants 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.

published proceedings

  • The CLR James Journal

author list (cited authors)

  • Davis, B. P.

complete list of authors

  • Davis, Benjamin P