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The theoretical core of a nomadic philosophy of the subject consists of a firm stand against the traditional image of thought and the pedagogical practices that assume a unitary vision of the self. This humanistic subject claims to be structured and ordained along the axis of self-reflexive individualism and scientific rationality, which are indexed on a linear and progressive temporal line. Nomadic subjectivity on the contrary moves beyond identitarian categories and it rests on a process ontology that challenges the traditional equation of subjectivity with rational consciousness and resists the reduction of both to a linear vision of progress. Thus, instead of deference to the authority of the past, we have the fleeting co-presence of multiple time-zones, in a continuum that activates and de-territorializes stable identities. This dynamic vision of the subject enlists the creative resources of the imagination to the task of enacting transformative relations and actions in the present. This ontological non linearity rests on a Spinozist ethics of affirmation and becoming that predicates the positivity of difference. I will return to this later on in the essay.
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Braidoti, R. (2011). Nomadism: Against Methodological Nationalism. In: Diasporic Philosophy and Counter-Education. Educational Futures Rethinking Theory and Practice, vol 48. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-364-8_10
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