RE THINKING OTHERNESS: HOW THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN RETHOUGHT IN RECENT PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES

Chrıstos MARNEROS

Article Details

RE THINKING OTHERNESS: HOW THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN RETHOUGHT IN RECENT PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES

Authors:

Chrıstos MARNEROS

Publisher:

Bilsas Bilim Sanat Spor Yapım

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies 2018 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.49-54

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719479

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2147-9879

Abstract:

 

The essay examines how the question of otherness has been rethought in recent philosophical approaches. It   consists of three parts. The first part discusses two possible understandings of otherness: The first presents it in a   binary, dependent relation to identity. The second presents it as something which can be understood distinctively   from identity, possibly as an enigma. The second part goes through Todorov’s Conquest of America and discusses   how certain characters of the book try to understand the Other. Finally, the third part discusses possible solutions   to that problem, where the Other can be understood independently, beyond a given framework of an identity -  which seeks to dominate over otherness - and it concludes that despite their necessity, identities must be thought   as contingent and relational. Only in that way, the possibility of a more genuine understanding of the Other opens   up.

Article Details

RE THINKING OTHERNESS: HOW THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN RETHOUGHT IN RECENT PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES

Authors: Chrıstos MARNEROS

Publisher: Bilsas Bilim Sanat Spor Yapım

Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies 2018 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.49-54

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2017

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000719479

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 2147-9879

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Authors:

Chrıstos MARNEROS

Publisher:

Bilsas Bilim Sanat Spor Yapım

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies 2018 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.49-54

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719479

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2147-9879