aporia

noun /əˈpɔːɹɪə/

1. An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.

   And reason with itself what may be best.

   Aporia oft in doubt and fear will rest,

2. An apparently insoluble contradiction or tension, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker; a paradox.

   But Green issues are already a contested zone, already a site where politicization is being fought for. In what follows, I want to stress two other aporias in capitalist realism, which are not yet politicized to anything like the same degree. The first is mental health.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- + pore + -ia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry aporia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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