This article presents responses to the 13 commentaries of colleagues to my text “Wisdom and the Other” that is published as target article in this special issue. My response deals with three questions that have been addressed throughout several commentaries: 1. What is the contribution of xenocentric responsiveness to wisdom research, does xenocentric responsiveness aspire to constitute a new model of wisdom? 2. What happens with xenocentric responsiveness in the face of extreme challenges, when alterity is abhorrently violating human rights and posing a threat? 3. Is there a research agenda? How can pathos and responsiveness, how can the development of xenocentric responsiveness be empirically investigated?
ArdeltM. (2024). Wisdom development and self-transcendence: A merging of self and other. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 191–196. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241233092
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BrancoA. U. (2023). Creativity, self-development and human values: A dialogical perspective on promoting a democratic world. In Neves-PereiraM. S.PinheiroM. A. (Eds.), A dialogical approach to creativity (pp. 109–133). Springer International Publishing.
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BrancoA. U. (2024). The centrality of the other: Self-development, values, and democracy. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 227–233. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241229113
JayawickremeE. (2024). Which virtues work together to foster the xenocentric style?Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241241579
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KachhiyapatelN.GrossmannI. (2024). Responsiveness in context: Unpacking the causal model of the wisdom-responsiveness link. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 185–190. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241244510
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KallioE. K. (2024). Not parts, but holistic totality. Comment on Streib’s “xenosophia. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 203–207. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241241556
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LeistleB. (2016a). Anthropology and alterity: Responding to the other. Routledge.
LeistleB. (2024). Can the radical other be operationalized? A commentary to Heinz Streib’s article “Wisdom and the Other: Responsiveness in development between the egocentric and xenocentric style. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 208-�213. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241240100
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MartinJ. (2024). What is wise? A commentary on Streib’s “Wisdom and the Other. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 234-�238. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241228669
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MurrayS. L.HolmesJ. G. (2009). The architecture of interdependent minds: A motivation-management theory of mutual responsiveness. Psychological Review, 116(4), 908–928. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017015
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PaulaL. D. D.BrancoA. U. (2022). Deconstructing prejudice in schools: The role of dialogical practices. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 39, e200216. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0275202039e200216en
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ReisH. T.ClarkM. S.HolmesJ. G. (2004). Perceived partner responsiveness as an organizing construct in the study of intimacy and closeness. In MashekD. J.AronA. P. (Eds.), Handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 201–225). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
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StamH. J. (2024). A word to the wise. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 252�256.
StreibH. (2024). Wisdom and the other: Responsiveness in development between the egocentric and xenocentric style. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 154–178. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699231205016
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SullivanG.WijayantiA. (2024). Limits of self and other xenosophic responsiveness: Including complex emotions, power differences and possible futures. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 220�226.
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Van TongerenD. R. (2024). The existential value and challenge of intellectual humility. Possibility Studies & Society, 2(2), 214–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699241228665
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WaldenfelsB. (2016). The birth of out of . Paths of responsive phenomenology. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 37(1), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.5840/gfpj20163716
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WaldenfelsB. (2020). Responsivity and co-responsivity from a phenomenological point of view. Studia Phänomenologica, 20, 341–355. https://doi.org/10.5840/studphaen20202015
