Identity as power: From the metaphysical failure of the biological to the political resistance of restitution
Abstract
It has been criticised that the restitution of children of people who disappeared during the last Argentinian dictatorship highlights a conservative biological conception of personal identity. I will argue that the difficulties of this notion are due to two metaphysical assumptions: an ontology of substantial individuals and an actualist essentialism. I will propose a conception according to which identity is relational and represents potency or locus of power. This will offer a brand new way to understand the biological feature of identity and support restitution.
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