"The way in which otherness is detailed in terms of racial otherness, religious otherness, gender: everything about the play feels like it speaks to this moment to me," said Bill Rauch '84, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, whose production of Shakespeare's "Othello" is being presented by the American Repertory Theater through Feb. 9. "It just felt urgent," added Rauch.
While the encounter with otherness takes place in terms of assimilation when speaking of having, the encounter with otherness (e.g., other persons) can also take place on the level of being.
Now, it so happens that the encounter with "otherness"– racially, ethnically, in terms of gender, sexual orientation, disability and trans identity – has been the main driver of social debate for the last half‑century or more.
Commercial aspects of fandom (such as magazines or books) can also be defined in terms of "otherness" and thus valid to consume: consumers purchasing independent or niche publications are discerning consumers, but the mainstream is denigrated.
Patient 09 (depression on questionnaire prescribed antidepressant) An important implication of describing depression in terms of otherness, either as an illness or a process, was that this made it worthy of medical recognition and intervention.
Civilization is when one thinks and acts in terms of the otherness of the other.
Only Annette Peacock comes close in terms of unsettling otherness.
How does black identity embrace the quality of otherness, and what does that produce in terms of art?
(Elizabeth's latest film, 'Carol' is out from 27 Nov) "Seeing Belle and the Beast dance was the first time, as a disabled person, that I had seen love explored in terms of difference and otherness.
When retailers and industry pundits aren't talking about the encroachment of Amazon, they often characterize the threat of e-commerce in terms of a looming otherness.
