Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal
Abstract
“Encountering otherness” is a prescription that we hope will cure all narrow perceptions of reality, will induce a capacity of seeing the world through the eyes of the other, will cultivate an empathy that permits us understanding and acceptance, and will inculcate a multi-dimensional seeing of the world. That is, the hope beneath the promotion of encounter of otherness is that it will reveal the many dimensions of every event, multiply our perspectives, and enrich the depth of our understanding. This prospectus is born from the premise that a richer view of reality will found an actual reality that is accepting, harmonious, and peaceable. The challenge, however, is whether and how an encounter with the other can lead to one seeing the world through the other’s eyes.
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Humanities Symposium
Recommended Citation
Walton, Mélanie
(2013)
"From Automatons to Doppelgängers: A Spectrum from “Utterly Foreign” to “Exactly Me”,"
Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal: Vol. 4, Article 3.
Available at:
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium_journal/vol4/iss1/3