‘Abusing Our Hospitality’: Inhospitableness and the Politics of Deterrence

What is Hospitality?

“…Th e writings of Emmanuel Kant (born in 1724-died in 1804), the humanist; Jacques Derrida (born in 1930-died in 2004), the deconstructionist; and Emmanuelis Levinas (born in 1906Levinas (born in -died in 1995, the philosopher (Lynch et al, 2011;Gibson, 2003Gibson, , 2006Gibson, , 2007O'Dell, 2007;Friese, 2004;Zlomislic, 2004;Cresswell, 2007;Laachir, 2007;Germann Molz, 2007) have recently inspired much philosophical deliberation on the ethics and politics of hospitality. In these philosophical accounts writers have used hospitality to refl ect critically a boarder questions about citizenship, human rights and the ethical treatment strangers.…”

“…Both of these modes place diff erent demands upon the academic Intellectual hospitality: Th e term 'intellectual hospitality' fi rst used by Kaufman (2001) andBennett (2003). Later on, Germann Molz and Gibson (2007) applied it in the study of mobilizing hospitality. Th eir purpose of using it 'how the deployment of the concept of hospitality in one disciplinary content may provide insights in another.…”

“…From a hospitality subject perspective, the seeds were fi rst sown in discussions that informed In Search of Hospitality edited by Conrad Lashley and Alison Morrison in 2000. Th is gave birth to several other hospitality literatures such as, Hospitality A Social Lens edited by C. Lashley, P. Lynch and A. Morrison (2007), Mobilizing Hospitality edited by J. Germann Molz and S. Gibson (2007), Th e Sage Handbook of Hospitality Management edited by B. Brotherton and R.C. Wood (2008) .…”

The fragility of welcome – commentary to Gill

“…Yet at the heart of Gill's (2018) discussion of welcome are the tensions that come to the fore when this welcome becomes something more than an interpersonal relation. In particular, Gill is concerned with how welcome comes to bear the weight of ethical and political reflection on migration, hospitality, and rights, and of how a culture or presumption of welcome has been abused by states in an effort to exclude migrants (Gibson 2016). One such tension lies in the distinctions between "the official response and the grassroots response" that Gill (2018, 90) notes in relation to the 'refugee crisis'.…”

Politics of Hospitality, Peace and Tourism: Review and Analysis

“…(2009) amongst others. None of these scholars except Gibson (2007) have critically analyzed on the politics of hospitality which came into existence since the time of Immanueal Kant, Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida. Since the time of Brotherton (1999) to Lugosi (2014), the hospitality studies were confi ned only in the context of social, private, commercial and industrial domain.…”