Balibar's Transindividualism: What Kind of Via Negativa?. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kelly, Mark G. E.
• Is Part Of: Australasian philosophical review. Volume 2:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Balibar -- individualism -- transindividual; Philosophy -- Periodicals; 101
• DOI: 10.1080/24740500.2018.1514964
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2474-0500

Abstract

Abstract: In this response, while agreeing with Balibar's substantive positive position, I take issue with the way he situates it. Specifically, he casts it as a via negativa in relation to all previously existing thought. I suggest that it would be more accurate to say he is positioning the notion of the transindividual as a via media between two alleged extremes, individualism and organicism. I argue that the idea that there is an opposite and equal error to individualism is mistaken, and that in actuality Balibar's concept of the transindividual is not a radical departure from a long history of anti-individualism.