The Time of the Other
The Time of the Other
Glissant introduces the concept of measure, seen as both a search for depth and the inspiration of the spatial expanse. This is followed by a long section on the European Middle Ages, where diversity gradually gives way to classicism. He discusses our anxiety about our contemporary loss of control over history; and then the rhetorics of orality, and whether the transcendence and the sacred connotations of writing is being challenged. Orality is seen as a form of Relation, characterized by multiplicity and circularity as opposed to the linearity of traditional rhetoric. Baroque art in the Americas is linked with orality.
Keywords: measure, classicism, orality, baroque
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