Phenomenologies of the Stranger Between Hostility and Hospitality |
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| Editor:
| Kearney, Richard
Semonovitch, Kascha |
| Series title: | Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-3462-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? This volume takes the question of hosting the Stranger to the deeper level of embodied imagination and the senses. It asks: How does the embodied imagination relate to the Stranger in terms of hospitality or hostility (given the common root of hostis as both host and enemy)? How do humans "sense" the dimension of the strange and alien in different religions, arts, and cultures? How do the five...
More DescriptionWhat is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? This volume takes the question of hosting the Stranger to the deeper level of embodied imagination and the senses.
It asks: How does the embodied imagination relate to the Stranger in terms of hospitality or hostility (given the common root of hostis as both host and enemy)? How do humans "sense" the dimension of the strange and alien in different religions, arts, and cultures? How do the five physical senses relate to the spiritual senses, especially the famous "sixth" sense, as portals to an encounter with the Other? Is there a carnal perception of alterity, which would operate at an affective, prereflective, preconscious level? What exactly do "embodied imaginaries" of hospitality and hostility entail? And what, finally, are the topical implications of these questions for an ethics and practice of tolerance and peace?