Contents
Preface
I. Vertical Alterity
II. Horizontal Alterity
III. Avatars and Problems Posed by Alterity
IV. A Concise History of Alterity
V. Toward the Discovery of Alterity
VI. Alterity in the Creation of Man and Woman in Plato and Greek Mythology
VII. The Clinical Reality of Alterity
VIII. Alterity in Physical Medicine
IX. Mimetic Psychotherapy: Illnesses and Problems
Alterity from Day to Day
Guilt
Comparison
Envy and Jealousy
Love
Anxiety and Anguish
Do These Problems Have Solutions?
Gladiators, Bull Fights, Boxing Matches
Games of Chance and Games of Intelligence
Alcoholism
Impersonators
Terrorism
Alterity without Rivalry: Masks
XI. The Otherizing of the Gods
Conclusion
References
Research Bibliography
Index