The Anarchist Imaginary: Nicolas de Warren on Glissant, Levinas, and a New Radical Ethics

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We are joined by philosopher Nicolas de Warren to explore his
concept of the anarchist imaginary, drawn from his essay
"Anarchism, the Shock from Elsewhere: Glissant and Levinas".
Together, we unpack how anarchism operates not merely as a
political program, but as an ethical and temporal force—a
heterotopia that resists monolingualism, sovereign authority, and
the foreclosure of otherness. Nicholas discusses the right to
opacity, indirect reciprocity, and an anarchist ethics of reading
that dismantles institutional power while cultivating new forms
of literacy and solidarity. Drawing on the work of Glissant,
Levinas, Derrida, and others, this conversation maps a terrain
where impossibility becomes the site of political and
philosophical renewal. We also reflect on the prospects for
anarchist institutions, public pedagogy, and the future of
thought in an age of digital unthinking.


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