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|Chapter1.TheOtherMethodologyoftheOther
Inthebeginningwasxenophobia.Opennesstostrangers,philoxenia,
isaworkofculture;thusIexamineartistswhoembracedandcherished
dilerences.InchapterthreeandfiveIexploretheburningissuesofPoland
andEasternEurope:the(resistible)riseofthefarright,theghostlyreturn
ofprejudices,thespreadingofnewpovertyandunderclass,andtodefythis
all:theemergenceofnewdissidentswhouseart,activismandpoliticsaspart
offightforhumanrights.TesefailuresofEasternEurope-andresistance
tothem-havebeenlargelyunexplored;thisbooktriestofillthelacuna.
Chapterfourexploresthespecificcasestudyofthehistoryofqueernessand
LGBTQrightsinPolandandEurope.InchapterfiveIalsosuggestacure
fortheinhospitablemalaisesofourtimes.Ienvisagehopeinthestrongcivil
societyandinnovativehubsofsocialactionsofhospitality,whichwould
conductresearchintothephilosophyofhospitalityindilerentcultures,and
wouldatthesametimeleadsocialactionforhospitality.
FichteanHatingversusKantianHosting
Hereisasubjectreducedtonationalbelonging,inhospitable:thesameness
andclosingatintra-andinterpersonallevelareadistinctivefeatureofJohann
GottliebFichte’sWissenschaftslehre.HomogeneousandhermeticHI”posits
itselfinrepeatedacts(Tathandlungen).Tisisaself-identitalHego”:theprop-
ositionHIamI”asHunconditionallyandabsolutelyvalid.”23TeabsoluteIch
iscounteredbytheabsoluteHNot-I.”TemodeloftheoppositionofHI”and
HNot-I”isconveyedbyFichteontointersubjectivitywheretheHveryown”is
identifiedwiththatwhichisHnatural,”andtheHforeign”equalsHartificial.”
AviolentclashofIchandHNot-I”(Anstoß),wheretheFichteansubjectdeifies
himselfandburnsintheactsofgoingbeyond.24
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JohannGottliebFichte,ScienceofKnowledge,translatedbyPeterHeathandJohnLachs
(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1982),94.IrefertoKantandFichteinObcyjest
wnas,butheretheirpoliticalphilosophiesarediscussedinthenewcontextofgoingbeyond
citizenship.
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JürgenHabermas,Lediscoursphilosophiquedelamodernité,traduitparChristianBouchindhomme
etRainerRochlitz(Paris:NRFEssais,Gallimard,1988),310.Tereisamarkedcontrast
betweenthephilosophiesofKantandFichte,butKurtHuberinvokedthemtogetherasthe
rationalebehindhisoppositiontoHitler.HuberwasProfessoratMunichwhojoinedthe
WhiteRoseresistancegroupandauthoredtheiranti-Nazileaflet.AsthetheologianEmil
Fackenheimexplains,H[i]nactinginbehalfofKant’sIdeaofHumanity,hemendedthatIdea