Exile as an Educative Engagement: The Dizziness of Recognition

This book explores the concept of exile, experienced not as a physical displacement but as a subjective experience of disconnection from the Other. It further clarifies the notion of exilic subjectivity, whereby a hidden facet of the self-ineffable both to the Other and to the Self-causes a distance between self-comprehension and external perception. In doing so, it poses a challenge to recognition theory's assertion that self-understanding occurs through interactions with Others. Engaging ...