This is simply a statement of
commensurability, a
commensurability achieved through the reflection of a particular psychological process--involuntary memory--used by Proust.
This
commensurability can be achieved if all fertility is understood by reference to capital, rather than, as Marx would have it, all capital in land is understood by reference to (natural) fertility.
For a wide-ranging discussion about the value of proportionality in intellectual property that goes far beyond the targeted arguments about the
commensurability of technological contribution and claim scope made here, see ROBERT P.
The
commensurability between Heidegger's Event and Heizer's cleft rests on a "fluctuating relation between presence and absence, figuration and nonfiguration, representability and unrepresentability" (93).
Underlying this connection is the authors' view about the
commensurability of the five types of harm.
Although the topic of
commensurability has been discussed extensively by philosophers, lawyers, and others for more than two decades,(1) the typical discussion of
commensurability is an inquiry in moral ontology.
2) In healthcare, standardizing is the enactment of care activities designed to promote uniformity, stability and
commensurability of professional thought, meaning, actions and outcomes.
Money offers the possibility of ultimate
commensurability across all cultures and boundaries.
One advantage of understanding the principle against viewpoint discrimination as deriving from the commitment to equal civic standing is that it raises the possibility of
commensurability between the competing claims of right in the hate speech controversy.
Wang's model (2014) of
commensurability offers potential for bridging across these differing perspectives.
Engagement of such considerations quickly takes us down a path toward a more general debate regarding issues of
commensurability and parity, a debate that is well beyond the scope of this article.
While we would not want to suggest a simple
commensurability between what are evidently distinct forms of politics, we nonetheless find it illuminating to think from these unthinkable examples to existing anti-poverty movements; this allows us to acknowledge the creative tension between unthinkable politics and existing forms of solidarities that push for inclusion and recognition (but are not necessarily anti-establishment).
