What is Othering?


In this week’s Spotlight, Dr. Caron Gentry introduces a range of disciplinary approaches to thinking about “the Other.”

.

LISTEN to Dr. Caron Gentry interview

.

Required Reading

.

Join the Conversation

If you have a question for this week’s speaker or would like to share a conclusion of your own, please post it as a comment below. We welcome off-campus voices to the public Cornerstone dialogue as long as they are respectful and contribute meaningfully to these curricular discussions. See the ACU Blogs Terms of Use or About Cornerstone for more information.

Spotlight Resources

Looking at Half the Sky

Humanizing Eugenics

Running with Gilbert

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Caron Gentry is an associate professor of political science with research interests in terrorism, specifically women engaged in political violence. She coauthored Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women’s Violence in Global Politics with Laura Sjoberg (2007), and her current research on human security issues is entitled Offering Hospitality: Unraveling Hegemonic Christian Approaches to War.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *