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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463602103321

Titolo

Phenomenologies of the stranger [[electronic resource] ] : between hostility and hospitality / / edited by Richard Kearney and Kascha Semonovitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8232-4072-X

0-8232-4922-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 339 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in continental philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

KearneyRichard

SemonovitchKascha

Disciplina

177/.1

Soggetti

Hospitality

Strangers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly proceedings of a conference held in 2009 at Boston College.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1 At the edge of the world -- pt. 2. Sacred strangeness -- pt. 3. The uncanny revisited -- pt. 4. Hosts and guests.

Sommario/riassunto

What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the stranger? This volume takes the question of hosting the Stranger to the deeper level of embodied imagination & the senses.