From the 6th Thesis on Feuerbach to a (Marxist) principle of individuation
Etienne Balibar and the “ontology of relation”
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https://doi.org/10.22370/rhv2023iss21pp83-105Keywords:
relational ontology, transindividual, Simondon, anthropological differences, forms of individualityAbstract
This paper analyses Etienne Balibar’s thesis of an “ontology of relation”, considering two moments of his theoretical production: his reading of Marx’s 6th thesis on Feuerbach as the grounds for a relational ontology or a thought on transindividuality; and an analysis of the development of this thesis in terms of what Balibar calls “anthropological differences”. Following Balibar, in this paper I suggest that the basic theoretical elements of a thought on transindividuality can be found in both Althusser and Balibar’s contributions to Lire Le Capital (1965), which opens the possibility of conceiving a “Marxist principle of individuation”. I conclude by discussing the limits and the effects of Balibar’s proposal
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