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Defining Alterity

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alterity

\Al*ter"i*ty\, n. [F. alt['e]rit['e].] The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.]

"For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. --Coleridge."
From Dictionary.com

The Other, Otherness, and Alterity An excellent collection of articles, including one by Edward Said, on alterity. This is on the Postcolonia Web that Landow started at Brown. It's supported by the National University of Singapore now and is well worth your browsing.