What relat!onal !ty ?
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!s
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Relat!onal !ty !nd!cates relat!ons : how were late to others ,
Ourselves and to the world .
already !dea of relat!onal
!ty!nstructural!sm.IN
the
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We have seen
based
oppos!t!on at pa!rs
structural !s!m ,
relat!ons are on and
that !s what g!ves us structures of Mean!ng .
We see those relat!ons
!n b!nary oppos!t!ons emerg!ng d!fferent levels Some of
,
on
many .
those relat!ons determ!ned by b!nary Oppos!t!ons are :
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human vs nonhuman >
good vs ev!l
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nature vs culture >
black vs wh!te
> '
nature vs techno / ogy boy vs
g!rl
> >
mater!al vs !n mater!al peace vs War
We about b!nary Oppos!t!ons Order to
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th!nk
everyth!ng !n !n
Make sense .
( Th!s !s a Westen th!nk!ng pattern that weak have ) .
We also Could See Where
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structural !st
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th!s !n sem!ot!cs there !s
a
s!gn!f!erls!gnlsymb.at and What !t Means . The Mean!ng of
What !t Means !s always Construct ed based on these oppos!t!on at
pa!rs that are
very often h!dden .
Th!s !s the bas!e d!st!nct!on
of
creat!ng Mean!ng .
The advantages Of b!nary oppos!t!ons Clar!ty
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Th!nk!ng !n are :
,
transparency ,
Certa!n
ty of the
presence of Someth!ng to hold onto .
, The problems
th!nk!ng !n b!nary Oppos!t!ons the absence of
of
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:
greys s!nce there are Only blocks and Wh!tes m!ss!ng Out on
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someth!ng else / nuanceslcomplex!t!.es presence of power ,
!mbalances Lone of the two !s always more powerful / dom!nant )
( for example Or!ental !sm the West!s super!or to the East )
: > .
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Post Structural !sm
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& New Mater!al!sm
What those parad!gms theory that the
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we See !n newer of !s
ment!oned b!nary Oppos!t!ons start to be deconstructed When we
real!ze that the Word !s much More Complex and that there
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!s a cr!t!cal perspect!ve from the M!nor!t!es !n the
pa!rs .
( deconstruct!on & d!fference )
Another th!ng Contemporary med!c! theory ( both !n
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we See !n
post
-
structural !sm that defys these b!nary Oppos!t!ons and !n new
Mater!al!sm that starts to
propose new Ways of th!nk!ng about
relat!ons ) that the between nature and culture !s
!s
oppos!t!on
no
longer be!ng Made Therefore,
. we often speak about nature Cultura
Th!nk about the !dea of
cyborg s where human and non human
Comb!ned and mashed to the where !t's longer
are
po!nt no
poss!ble to Make a d!st!nct!on .
AISO th!nk ,
of Bruno Latour Who
argued that have th!nk assamblage of
we to
everyth!ng as an
actants .
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So the d!fference between human and non human
relat!ons are thought d!fferent Iy , !n terms of complex networks of
people th!ngs Concepts
, , ,
d!scourse . Also ,
the mater!al and !mmater!.at
start to become part of that b!g network .
, The advantagesare.ve get Complex !ty
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More , more nuance ,
More
d!fference and d!vers!ty .
The d!sadvantagesare.!t M!ght somet!mes be amb!g!ous
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Vague , ,
too Complex or d!ff!cult .
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Edouard Gl!ssant (1928-2011)
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He was
poet
a and novel!st , but he also Wrote books of theory
as a
ph!losopher .
He was also a Cr!t!c . He worked !n the US
and France for or!g!nally Mart!n!que
along t!me . He was from .
He " "
named Poet!cs
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Wrote books Carr!bean D!scourse and
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of Relat!on ( he has two other books ) ,
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the t!tles of h!s
books already !nd!cate h!s of hol!st!c &
that
way th!nk!ng !s
relat!onal .
An !mportant po!nt related background of Gl!ssant 's
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to the
NĞ gr! tvde
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Movement
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works was the 11930s -
1960s ) , Gl!ssa.!nt
clearly d!st!ngu!shed h!mself from th!s h!stor!cal Movement wh!ch
was led by A!mee [ e-sa!re ( Mart!n!que ) , Leopold Senghor ( Senegal )
and ke!n Damas ( Gu!ana ) and also a few women named
Susanne ( e- sa!re and Paulette & Jeanna Nardal ( Mart!n!que ) ,
No!r
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These L!etud!ant
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people Started a journal named
( The Blache Student )
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and d!rected the!r Movement to Creat!ng
a
!dent!ty wh!ch they
black , Saw essent!al for alt the black
d!aspora ( not d!aspora herhang! b!r ulusun dışında
. : : ana
yurtları
azınlık olarak yaşamaları , kopuntu ) What they emphas!zes on