EXILE – THE ROAD TO AN OPEN IDENTITY
EXILE – THE ROAD TO AN OPEN IDENTITY

Summary/Abstract: The term exile refers to the condition of those who had to leave their country for various reasons. The issue of exile is directly related to the “lost object” that constantly returns to the mind of the subject, the loss of the birthplace being constantly represented by the exiled person. The exile is the bearer of otherness in the host country, illustrating the type of the foreigner, a condition that shows the illusory character of belonging. The process of exile is a psychic process whose most important dimensions are the sudden separation, the excessive identity changes, the formation of trauma. This can be understood as a destiny of its own that turns out to be tragic. Exile thus constitutes the transition to otherness, to a search for identity in an unknown space. It is he who produces complex relations between inside-outside, before-after, space-time, separation-rediscovery, native country-country of refuge, native language- foreign language or exclusive language-occasional language, etc. The exile occupies a central place in this issue, because he is the one who crosses the border of a new space, therefore, he is the bearer of alterity in the adopted country, illustrating the type of the foreigner, a condition that reveals the deceptive character of belonging. It is the exile that can cause the symbolic loss of the subject.

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