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Phenomenologies of the Stranger: Between Hostility and Hospitality
Richard Kearney
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Paperback. Chiefly proceedings of a conference held in 2009 at Boston College. Editor(s): Kearney, Richard. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? We encounter strangers when we are not at home: when we are in a foreign land or a foreign part of our own land. From Freud to Lacan to Kristeva to Heidegger, the feeling of strangeness-das Unheimlichkeit-has marked our encounter with the other, even the other within our self. Most philosophical attempts to understand the role of the Stranger, human or transcendent, have been limited to standard epistemological problems of other minds, metaphysical substances, body/soul dualism and related issues of consciousness and cognition. This volume endeavors ... Read more
What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? We encounter strangers when we are not at home: when we are in a foreign land or a foreign part of our own land. From Freud to Lacan to Kristeva to Heidegger, the feeling of strangeness-das Unheimlichkeit-has marked our encounter with the other, even the other within our self. Most philosophical attempts to understand the role of the Stranger, human or transcendent, have been limited to standard epistemological problems of other minds, metaphysical substances, body/soul dualism and related issues of consciousness and cognition. This volume endeavors ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823234622
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V9780823234622
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About Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney is the Charles Seelig Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is the author of over 20 books, among them the trilogy The God Who May Be (Indiana University Press, 2001), On Stories (Routledge, 2002), and Strangers, Gods, and Monsters (Routledge, 2003), as well as works including Debates in Continental Philosophy (Fordham University Press, 2004), and Anatheism ... Read more
Reviews for Phenomenologies of the Stranger: Between Hostility and Hospitality
As a whole, this is an excellent contribution to the growing body of literature in philosophy on strangeness, the stranger, and hospitality.
-Missiology: An International Review (American Society of Missiology)
A welcome and timely contribution at a time when the question of how to relate to the different and other is up front politically, ethically, and philosophically. ... Read more
-Missiology: An International Review (American Society of Missiology)
A welcome and timely contribution at a time when the question of how to relate to the different and other is up front politically, ethically, and philosophically. ... Read more