Facets of the alien

pp. 1-7

in: Bernhard Waldenfels, Phenomenology of the alien, Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 2011

Abstract

To pose the alien as a special theme is to have missed it already. For it means to begin from the place of the familiar and the known, and if the journey goes as planned, to expect to return to the same place. Most certainly, the experience of the alien will bring about a change, maybe even a catharsis