%0 Journal Article %T Alien and Violence. On Bernhard Waldenfels’ Responsive Phenomenology and Ethics %A Maczuga, Michał %J Principia %V 2023 %R 10.4467/20843887PI.23.004.19383 %N Volume 70 %P 131-160 %K phenomenology, alien, violence, ethics, epoché, reduction, responsivity, violation %@ 0867-5392 %D 2023 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/principia/article/obce-a-przemoc-o-fenomenologii-i-etyce-responsywnej-bernharda-waldenfelsa %X The purpose of this paper is to examine two issues – that of the alien and of violence – within the framework of responsive phenomenology proposed by Bernhard Waldenfels. The author demonstrates how each of these phenomena necessitate a radicalized version of phenomenological reduction – a responsive reduction. This helps us understand the essential significance that problems of the alien and of violence play in Waldenfels’ responsive ethics.