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Reinscription (n.) reworks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠words that have become impossible but remain necessary, such as universality, recognition and emancipation.

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Reinscription (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠how a word survives its own overcoming: to get past 'emancipation' Laclau must write it in again, and its history will outrun every attempt to steer it.