Europe without Organs? Opicinus de Canistris and the New Anomos of the Earth

MOLL, Łukasz; POSPISZYL, Michal

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Europe without Organs? Opicinus de Canistris and the New Anomos of the Earth

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dc.contributor.author	MOLL, Łukasz
dc.contributor.author	POSPISZYL, Michal
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-25T21:23:28Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-25T21:23:28Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-25
dc.description.abstract	The on-going crisis of identity of Europe is related to deep transformations of European borders. Today’s borders no longer lie at the limits of territorial order. We live in turbulent times of shifting and metamorphosing of the European borders. In this critical context new geopolitical imaginaries of Europe are much needed. We argue that in our situation analogous representational crisis of Europe which arose at the end of the Middle Ages is worth examining. The collapse of medieval vision of the world, in which “res publica christiana” played the crucial part, was followed by the revolution in mapping of space with portolans, scientific cartography and secularization of knowledge. One of the most imaginative and confusing cartographer of the passage from political theology of papacy and empire to modern territorial state system was the 14th century priest, Opicinus de Canistris. Our theoretical attempt is a part of renewed interest in Opicinus’ work (K. Whittington, V. Morse). We propose the analysis of his maps in the light of medieval theories of political body. Rapid social changes enabled Opicinus to combine theological and secular arguments in order to represent deterritorialization of Europe (as understood by Deleuze and Guattari). Opicinus experienced new possibilities of mapping space before Eurocentric reterritorialization of the globe took place (as described by Carl Schmitt in The Nomos of the Earth). His discovery of forces of immanency and free flows of desire may be of actual relevance today when spatial order of Europe passes through profound transformations of unknown destination. Deleuzian reading of Opicinus’ bodyworlds could contribute to deepening our imagination into cartography of the anomos, of autonomous and mobile force of migrants who cease to be organized by paradigm of inhospitable European sovereignty.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	Work on publication was financed from National Science's Centre funds (project number 2018/29/N/HS1/00853)	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	Polish National Science's Centre funds (project number 2018/29/N/HS1/00853
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dc.identifier.citation	MOLL, Łukasz; POSPISZYL, Michal – Europe without Organs? Opicinus de Canistris and the New Anomos of the Earth in NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEP. Proc. Edited by Eduarda Neves, Luís Lima e Nuno Faleiro Rodrigues. Porto: CEAA / ESAP-CESAP, 2020, p. 179-196	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-972-8784-96-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/31904
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	CEAA/ESAP-CESAP	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/31889	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Opicinus de Canistris	pt_PT
dc.subject	the idea of Europe	pt_PT
dc.subject	migration crisis	pt_PT
dc.subject	autonomy of migration	pt_PT
dc.subject	deterritorialization	pt_PT
dc.title	Europe without Organs? Opicinus de Canistris and the New Anomos of the Earth	pt_PT
dc.type	conference object
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Porto	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	196	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	1	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	179	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEP. Proc.	pt_PT
rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	conferenceObject	pt_PT