{"product_id":"ethics-of-alterity-9781538178522","title":"Ethics of Alterity: Aisthetics of Existence","description":"Providing a solid media-philosophical groundwork, the book contributes to the theory of alterity in Performance Philosophy, while stimulating and inspiring future inquiries where studies in media, art, and literature intersect with philosophy. It collects a selective as well as productive diversity of philosophical, literary, and artistic figures of thought, attaining an exacting framework as a result of a clearly elaborated \u003ci\u003eethics of alterity\u003c\/i\u003e, innovatively opened up by way of an \u003ci\u003eaisthetics of existence\u003c\/i\u003e: Touching upon the Aristotelian concept of \u003ci\u003eaisthesis\u003c\/i\u003e, the material, perceptual and sensory dimensions of everyday bodily existence are highlighted to move beyond what \u003ci\u003eaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e in Modern Philosophy just specializes in, namely art and the beautiful. The notion of \u003ci\u003eexistence\u003c\/i\u003e is therefore borrowed from Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who understands it as something \u003ci\u003econcrete\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003erichly interrelated\u003c\/i\u003e, so as to avoid the dualisms both of psychological processes of consciousness and of physiological mechanisms. It is thus made explicit such that the unity of body and soul is not any arbitrarily arranged connection between “subject” and “object” but, rather, that it is \u003ci\u003eenacted at every instant in the movement of existence\u003c\/i\u003e. Imaginatively then, the book puts into writing how alterity not only can be treated theoretically but can be also made accessible through writing as well as rendered relatable through reading. That is why it deals with exemplary \u003ci\u003einterpersonal \u003c\/i\u003eencounters in the lifeworld, in the arts, and in the media, which are initially thematized as \u003ci\u003eintercorporeal \u003c\/i\u003eexperiences, so as to enable an approach for an \u003ci\u003eethics of alterity\u003c\/i\u003e by way of, in particular, sites located within a phenomenology of perception oriented towards the lived body.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 August 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 229 mm; Width 152 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781538178522\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jörg Sternagel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50169800425722,"sku":"9781538178522","price":30.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781538178522.jpg?v=1787610208","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/ethics-of-alterity-9781538178522","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}