Aussenseiter

Function, role, and history of the outsider from antiquity to contemporary dissenters. The term originally comes from the world of sports: outsiders are those who enter the race without a chance of victory. In his philosophical essay, Ralf Konersmann explores this particular social phenomenon. From antiquity to today's dissenters, he examines different types of outsiders: how they launch specific, professionally established patterns and integrate them into the collective perception - resulting in the outsider standing out as an exposed figure of modernity. From Diogenes to Cusanus, from Rousseau to David Bowie, the examples of outsiders illustrate moral, political, educational, or aesthetic decisions about belonging.