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TowardsthePhilosophyofLocalness
reciprocity.Wesustainaplace,takingontheresponsibilityofthe
spacethatwegotachancetoget.Thepowerofmakingaplaceis
basedonthesustenanceoftheideaoflocalness.
Localnesslovesreiterations.LikeMarieLuiseKaschnitz,
peoplelikethecalmfeelingwhenchoosingthesameknownpath,
alongthesameriver,acrossthesamebridge,orwalktowardsthe
samehill.16Weunderstandtheconstantnatureofthings.Thelocal
manisspunfromtheNietzscheanspiritofeternalreturn.He/she
servesthemomentwhichforeverreturns.Thesameisdifferent,
asGillesDeleuzewrote:“TheIdenticaldoesnotreturn.”17Does
itmeanthatrepetitionandameticulouslocalnessconcealcreative
tranquilityandequallycreativeideaofchange,broughtbythe
othernessof“thesame”?Yetanthropologybringsforthamore
pernicioussuspicion,thatis,thelocalmanisatthesametimethe
onewhoisabletoturnintoaflameandbeloveddetailboth
therecurrentandtherepetition.He/shecanburntheworldin
thenameoftheideaoflocalnesstowhichhe/sheissubdued.
War,confinement,dislikefortheother,encapsulationwithfears
-allliewithinthephilosophyoflocalness.Eachhousecan
turnintoabunker,asJózefTischnersaid:“Ahouseturnsinto
astronghold,agrandcastle,afortress.Itnolongerservesliving
buttotoweringoverthelandssurroundingitandpeopledwelling
theselands.Suchconstructionistoarousefear.Itisnotahouse,
fornowitisawarningandathreat.”18
However,the“flameoflocalness”ratherfavorsthewillto
repeatandstrengthentheworld,notthewilltodestroy.Thelocal
manchoosesatthesametimebothcoexistencewithothers,and
seclusionintime-space.Whatkeepshim/herfromdissolvinginthe
massesishis/herindividualrelationwithhis/herenvirons.Aplace
16
M.L.Kaschnitz,Miejsca,trans.E.Sicińska,Warszawa:Czytelnik,1978,
p.171.
17
G.Deleuze,DifferenceandRepetition,trans.P.Patton,NewYork:Columbia
UniversityPress,1994,p.41.
18
J.Tischner,Filozofiadramatu.Wprowadzenie,Paris:EditionsduDialogue
1990,p.198.
