The oppressed, who are denied their identity, understand what I am saying, because they have a conception of relational identity; a capacity to move beyond identity. The oppressors, however, don’t, because they are committed to a fixed identity – identity as a single root. The thinking of tremblement is this: even when I am fighting for my identity, I consider my identity not as the only possible identity in the world.

Edouard Glissant in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, in an article by Eliza Levinson for 032c https://032c.com/magazine/edouard-glissant-and-hans-ulrich-obrist