Theme of the Week - "Outsiders and the Other"

by Georgy_K_Zhukov

This weeks theme focuses on the outsider, most specifically on the concept of "The Other"/"Othering", but more broadly on the interplay between members of a given culture and non-members - be it politically, socially, or economically.

The political enemy need not be morally evil or aesthetically ugly; he need not appear as an economic competitor, and it may even be advantageous to engage with him in business transactions. But he is, nevertheless, the other, the stranger; and it is sufficient for his nature that he is, in a specially intense way, existentially something different and alien, so that in the extreme case conflicts with him are possible. These can neither be decided by a previously determined general norm nor by the judgment of a disinterested and therefore neutral third party.

-Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political

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nsjersey

Here's my question. I hope it meets the criteria and fits the theme.

arivederlestelle

Is this tag something the asker has to add themselves when the question is submitted?

grantimatter

Is there an easy way to see all the questions asked in this theme?