Waldenfels’ discussion of the Other in many ways leaves me puzzled. I understand his notion that there exists the possibility of feeling out of place at home (“Otherness originates in ourselves…”) because otherwise there would be no in-between. Instead, the other would theoretically reside somewhere completely outside our identifiable home domain. But, can we translate these phenomena somehow, characterize them in simpler terms? In what instances do we find ourselves alienated in our “home”? And, what does Waldenfels mean by “monopolization of the logos”?
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