| Title: | Hospitality between commas and borders |
| Author: | Alina-Nicoleta V. Vlad |
| Publication: | The Proceedings of the International Conference Globalization, Intercultural Dialogue and National Identity. Section: Language and Discourse, 1, p. 471-476 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-93691-3-5 |
| Editors: | Iulian Boldea |
| Publisher: | Arhipelag XXI Press |
| Place: | Tîrgu-Mureş |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | Starting from the analysis of the concept “hospes” there are identified the key characters that make the purpose of this present study: the “host” and the “guest” as they find themselves in a both conditioned and conditional relationship in an attempt to provide and /or receive the gift of giving, of hospitality. In an unavoidable manner, a string of questions appear, such as: Is it possible to have an unconditional hospitality? Do we really know what hospitality means? The foreigner has only rights or duties? Is it possible that the role played by the host and the guest be interchangeable? Has the guest the need to abuse the host’s hospitality; thus, as in the case of passing the threshold of intimacy, has the guest the right to read the electronic correspondence, use the credit cards or invade the privacy of the host’s phone calls?The article also presents the importance of the “logos” as a form of recognition of the familiar, of a hospitable place/space. For Derrida, the language is the threshold from which the hospitality begins. The French philosopher underlines in “Of Hospitality” the hypotheses that if the foreigner speaks the language of the host, can the guest be considered an outsider? In order to obtain an overview image upon the concept of hospitality, of the passing over the different cultural, geographic, social or psychological barriers the study additionally contains a comparative exploration of Salman Rushdie’s “Step Across This Line. Collected Non-fiction 1992-2002”. |
| Key words: | hospitality, borders, foreigner, host, logos |
| Language: | English |
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