Meaning of preconstitute | Babel Free

Definitions

To constitute or establish beforehand.

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Examples

“Too often writing—in the broadest sense⟳—is treated as a communicational medium where the subjects of that communication are constituted prior to the writing, where the objects of that communication are also constituted prior to that writing, and where the task of writing is seen as transparently mediating between already pregiven subjects, pregiven objects, and a preconstituted mise en scène.”

“Husserl's ‘now’ moment is a ‘passive’ synthesis rather than ‘active’, the ego is the recipient, it does not actively take⟳ part. But in seeing the possibility of seizing an opportunity in a moment, we begin⟳ to mark⟳ the moment as decisive, it is transformed into something which can shape⟳ one's past and future. We might say⟳ it brings the ability to ‘preconstitute’ and ‘precapitulate’¹³ our future, if we are able to think⟳ of it as extending itself out from the ordinary temporal reach⟳ of our notions of time.”

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