Word for the Day, Monday, June 10, 2013-- alterity

6/10/13 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, D6/10/13

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

alterity; noun

: otherness; specifically : the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation

Etymology: Late Latin alteritat-, alteritas, from alter First Known Use: 1642

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[xsmommy]

Alterity is a philosophical term meaning "otherness", strictly being in the sense of the other of two (Latin alter). In the phenomenological tradition it is usually understood as the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed, and it implies the ability to distinguish between self and not-self, and consequently to assume the existence of an alternative viewpoint. The concept was established by Emmanuel Lévinas in a series of essays, collected under the title Alterity and Transcendence (1999[1970]).

The term is also deployed outside of philosophy, notably in anthropology by scholars such as Nicholas Dirks, Johannes Fabian, Michael Taussig and Pauline Turner Strong to refer to the construction of "cultural others". The term has gained further use in seemingly somewhat remote disciplines, e.g. historical musicology where it is effectively employed by John Michael Cooper in a study of Goethe and Mendelssohn.[ Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

I have a distinct sense of alterity in today's culture.

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

No pushing at the door please!

[xsmommy]

rainydays and mondays, and especially rainyday mondays, always get me down : )

[dirtboy]

Obama’s expanded surveillance state existing in alterity to the Constitution.

[xsmommy]

i am incredulous that there are women who find him remotely attractive. and OMG yes, the teeth need fixed stat.

[xsmommy]

A+++ Good to see you, dirtboy. Yes, imagine the shrieks and wails from the left, were it a republican, yet they are so complacent under Obams.

[MrB]

Sounds like a “squish” of “alternate reality” - you know, like Satan offered up in Genesis 3, beginning the religion of Humanism that the left adheres to to this day.

[xsmommy]

good point. A+++

[NeoCaveman]

There is alterity between our form of contitutional government and this creepy national security state.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

rainydays and mondays, and especially rainyday mondays, always get me down : )

and ballads. Don't forget ballads.

[xsmommy]

scary as all get out, but those hashtags are funny as hell. A+++

[xsmommy]

now i am irretrievably depressed!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

it is the one power I have over women

[SoothingDave]

There are uglier hockey players.

[NeoCaveman]

Yes and yes.

Thanks for the grade.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Free enterprise enabled prosperity
But the libs want a Commie alterity
Take the fruits of the makers
To assuage all the takers
It helps if you can lie with sincerity

[count-your-change]

Alterity

Alterity is a condition suffered by alter natives wherein choice is endless but once the alter native population was reduced decision making became easier

[xsmommy]

of course, but i just don’t see the swoon-factor with sid.

[xsmommy]

wonderful!! A+++

[xsmommy]

i like the concept of alter natives. A+++

[SoothingDave]

He has a boyish charm.