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Vida y pensamiento desde la extranjería
Living and thinking from foreignness
[journal article]
Abstract La experiencia de la extranjería fue parte constitutiva de la vida de Zygmunt Bauman, profundamente inscrita en las encrucijadas, desastres y conmociones del siglo xx. Autodefinido como un "forastero de la cabeza a los pies y hasta la médula", su experiencia personal de extranjero, definida menos po... view more
La experiencia de la extranjería fue parte constitutiva de la vida de Zygmunt Bauman, profundamente inscrita en las encrucijadas, desastres y conmociones del siglo xx. Autodefinido como un "forastero de la cabeza a los pies y hasta la médula", su experiencia personal de extranjero, definida menos por el pasaporte que por el estatus precario y la falta de pertenencia de todo extranjero, se entretejió con una mirada intelectual exiliar sobre el mundo social, en la que la incertidumbre se conjugaba con la libertad de pensamiento. Así, desde una posición que asume la extranjería como un "estar en la frontera", "fuera de", la condición de extranjería se volvió para este autor en un mirador epistemológico privilegiado.... view less
The experience of foreignness was a constituent part of Zygmunt Bauman’s life, deeply inscribed in the crossroads, disasters, and shocks of the 20th century. Self-defined as a "stranger from head to toe and to the marrow", his personal experience as a foreigner -defined less by the passport than by ... view more
The experience of foreignness was a constituent part of Zygmunt Bauman’s life, deeply inscribed in the crossroads, disasters, and shocks of the 20th century. Self-defined as a "stranger from head to toe and to the marrow", his personal experience as a foreigner -defined less by the passport than by the precarious status and lack of belonging of every stranger- was interwoven with an exile intellectual view on the social world, in which uncertainty was combined with freedom of thought. Thus, from a position that assumes foreignness as a "being on the edge", "out from", this condition became for Bauman in a privileged epistemological viewpoint.... view less
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Zygmunt Bauman; foreignness; Jew; nationality; alienation
Document language
Spanish
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 359-366
Journal
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 62 (2017) 230
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0185-1918(17)30029-6
ISSN
2448-492X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0