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ATheoryandPraxisofHospitALTERITY
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Tismonographwillexaminetheculturalrepresentationsofnational,
ethnicandreligiousminorities,aswellastheLGBTQcommunity,refugees
andotherimmigrantsinPolishpoliticsandculture,particularlyinthevisual
arts.AvarietyofprejudicesconvergeontheseStrangerswhoaredevoidof
subjectivityandvisibility.Terefore,itisimportanttoexaminetheprob-
lematicnotionsofalterity,visibilityandhospitality-inordertoempower
theexcluded.Mymonographaimstoexaminetheintolerancedirectedat
supposedstrangersandattemptstofightthisintolerance,particularlyasan
oppositionisstrengtheningagainstprejudicedperceptions.Anexamination
ofapproachestoothernessisrelevanttothevarietyofdisciplineswhichwill
informmymulti-disciplinaryapproach:politicalphilosophy,thehistoryof
ideas,culturalstudies,Europeanstudies,visualcultureandarthistory,critical
practices,psychoanalysis,genderandqueerstudiesandhumangeography.In
thiswayIwillconstructthepost-disciplinaryfoundationsuponwhichamore
sophisticatedandculturallyawareunderstandingoftheOtherwithinand
withoutcanbeconstructed.Tiswillinformpolicydebatesregardingsexism,
homophobia,anti-Semitism,andotherculturalandsocialintolerances.My
focusisonthepictureoftheStrangeratatimewhenEuropeiswitnessing
theriseofanuncivilsocietywithitssexist,racist,anti-Semitic,homo-and
xenophobicideologiesandiconographies.Iexploretheideasandimagesofthe
Otherproducedbythefarright,aswellasinitiativesthatopposethemincivil
societyandinthearts-andaimtoprovideaframeworkbywhichHuncivil
society”canbechallenged.Tekeyquestionis:Howtoputintopracticeand
spreadthephilosophyofhospitality?Tisisthecentralpreoccupationofthis
study.Teoriginalnatureofmybookisbasedonitsinterdisciplinarycharacter,
connectingpoliticalphilosophy,genderstudies,andverbal-visualculture,but
alsoonitssocialoutreach.Iendeavortocombineacademicstudywithsocial
andculturalactivismforhumanrights,synthesizingresearchwithaction.
Inter-disciplinaryperspectiveslieatthecoreofmyapproach.Itisaround
thediversewaysinwhichothernessisdefinedandunderstoodthatthis
interpretationwillconverge.Teaimhereistolearnfromsuchdiversityin
ordertocreateanewbodyofpolicy-relevantknowledge.Temulti-andinter-
disciplinarityofthisapproachisdeliberatelyheterogeneousanddynamic,
butwillprovideasystematicmethodforapproachingtheissuesinquestion.
Myplanistoexploresignificantambiguitiesofhospitalityinphilosophyand
inpraxi.JacquesDerrida,byhisverycoinagehostipitalité,emphasizedthe
equivocalcharacterofhospitality.