Ini's Blog

Home,

for me, is a multifaceted concept that goes far beyond its geographical meaning. It encompasses not only the place where I was born and raised but also a sense of belonging and identity. In philosophy, I often consider home as the spiritual and emotional center of my existence, a space where I feel safe and secure.

Martin Heidegger saw home as an existential place of familiarity that fundamentally shapes human existence. For him, home is not just a physical location but a way of being that gives me stability and orientation. He emphasized the rootedness of humans in the world, which is mediated through home.

Contrary to Heidegger’s approach, I view home as a construction that arises from social and cultural practices. Philosophers like Theodor W. Adorno and Ernst Bloch stressed that home is always also a utopia, an ideal that is often unattainable in reality. Adorno even went so far as to say that true home exists only in longing, in the distance.

In the modern world, shaped by globalization and migration, the concept of home becomes increasingly fluid and dynamic for me. Home can encompass multiple places and change over the course of my life. This perspective opens the discourse on home to the recognition of plurality and hybridity, where identity is viewed not as monolithic but from multiple perspectives.

In summary, home, for me, is an ambiguous and complex concept deeply rooted in my human existence. Whether as a concrete place or an abstract feeling, home remains a central theme in my philosophical reflection on identity, belonging, and being human.