Other
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Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
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Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
In its most fundamental dimension, sacrifice is a “gift of reconciliation” to the Other, destined to appease its desire. Sacrifice conceals the abyss of the Other’s desire, more precisely: it conceals the Other’s lack, inconsistency, “inexistence,” that transpires in this desire. Sacrifice is a guarantee that “the Other exists” […]
The transformations of writing bear an ethical as well as an aesthetic or literary significance; writing implies orientation towards the Other in the midst of which a renewal of the self becomes possible.
Critiquing the Western philosophical tradition of privileging the autonomy of the ‘I’, in which he uses Heidegger as exemplar, Levinas provocatively argues that the ‘I’ ultimately exists to be responsible for the Other – a responsibility based not on reciprocity (whether the Other behaves in accordance to expectations of the ‘I’) but on an asymmetrical and infinite kind of responsibility.
Etymology
Calque of French autre (other). Semantic loan from French Autre, principally after French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (also as grand Autre) and philosopher Emmanuel Levinas.
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A surname.
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A male given name from Old Norse, of rare usage, used as an aristocratic heritage familial given name.
Etymology
From Old Norse Othorere, originating during the Viking occupation of England.
Forms
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Other · Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
others · Other people.otherwise · Differently, in another way.Otis · A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the…