The “refugee crisis” in Europe – between totality and the infinite
The self and the other. Totality and the infinite. In other words, totality as the discourse of the self which erases the other; and the infinite as the discourse of the other, which constrains and imposes reservations on the discourse of totality. I encounter the other in a face-to-face relationshi...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_835 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/835 2019-10-01T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyma https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ The “refugee crisis” in Europe – between totality and the infinite Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Martins, Moisés de Lemos Lusophony colonialism European expansion principle of analogy refugees lusofonia colonialismo expansão europeia princípio da analogia refugiados The self and the other. Totality and the infinite. In other words, totality as the discourse of the self which erases the other; and the infinite as the discourse of the other, which constrains and imposes reservations on the discourse of totality. I encounter the other in a face-to-face relationship, who thereby starts to exist within me, becomes part of me, constitutes me. This is the path whereby we fall in love, and can also be the path of compassion and solidarity. But the relationship with the other is not exhausted in the encounter. The encounter with the other is often followed by erasure, assimilation, and even domination of the other. Strictly speaking, we can say that the other can never be reduced to the self, i.e. may never be erased within me. And if the issue at stake is to ignore the other, or segregate, discriminate and dominate him, this implies exerting a form of violence over him. This is my starting point and my focus on discussing the “refugee crisis” in Europe. O eu e o outro. A totalidade e o infinito. Ou seja, a totalidade como o discurso do eu, que apaga o outro; e o infinito como o discurso do outro, que limita e impõe reservas ao discurso da totalidade. É numa relação face a face que eu encontro o outro, o qual passa, então, a existir em mim, a fazer parte de mim, constituindo-me. Esse é o caminho do enamoramento, e pode ser também o caminho da compaixão e da solidariedade. Mas a relação com o outro não se esgota no encontro. Depois do encontro do outro, seguem-se muitas vezes o seu apagamento, assimilação, e mesmo dominação. Em termos rigorosos, o que podemos dizer é que o outro nunca é redutível ao eu, ou seja, nunca é apagável em mim. E se o que está em causa é ignorar o outro, ou então, segregá-lo, discriminá-lo e dominá-lo, do que se trata mesmo é de exercer sobre ele uma violência. É este o meu ponto de partida e o meu ângulo de enfoque para debater a “crise dos refugiados” na Europa. |
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The self and the other. Totality and the infinite. In other words, totality as the discourse of the self which erases the other; and the infinite as the discourse of the other, which constrains and imposes reservations on the discourse of totality. I encounter the other in a face-to-face relationship, who thereby starts to exist within me, becomes part of me, constitutes me. This is the path whereby we fall in love, and can also be the path of compassion and solidarity. But the relationship with the other is not exhausted in the encounter. The encounter with the other is often followed by erasure, assimilation, and even domination of the other. Strictly speaking, we can say that the other can never be reduced to the self, i.e. may never be erased within me. And if the issue at stake is to ignore the other, or segregate, discriminate and dominate him, this implies exerting a form of violence over him. This is my starting point and my focus on discussing the “refugee crisis” in Europe. |
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The “refugee crisis” in Europe – between totality and the infinite |
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