Europe Discourses from the Frontier

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Europe Discourses from the Frontier. Etymologically, frontier can be related to in front of - that which lies ahead, between the subject and his or her horizon. Therefore everywhere outside the Self, and as far as the individual world-version stretches, is the frontier which thus forms an essential part of Self-identification. Whereas territory is about spatial identity, and territorial space is defined, bounded by boundaries, the frontier can be seen as an indeterminate, open space. I have introduced the German term Fremde as translation of frontier as a means of analysing the relationship between Self and the Other. The frontier in this sense is outside one’s own personal space, but