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Alterity is a philosophical and anthropological term meaning “otherness”, that is, the “other of two”
The entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed, that implies the ability to distinguish between self and not-self.
Baudrillard >alterity is a precious and transcendent element and its loss would seriously impoverish a world culture of increasing sameness and “arrogant, insular cultural narcissism.
Familiar Stranger
Stanley Milgram 1972 paper.
Milgram specified that for a person to become a familiar stranger, they must be observed repeatedly over a certain amount of time but never interact with each other.
Familiar strangers are more than complete strangers but do not rise to the level of an acquaintance. Early experiments on familiar strangers by Milgram involved researchers visiting train stations and university campuses to survey people about who they recognized. They found that 89.5% of people knew at least one familiar stranger.