ABSTRACT
The relationship between host and guest that is a good illustration of the Hegelian idea that identities are formed in a relationship of reciprocity. Discovering ourselves as a guest or a host, as the one giving or receiving, means discovering an identity paired with uncertainties and that is the source of obligations and responsibilities. The society of individuals can easily be misunderstood if it is conceived as a reality that is constantly supported by individual freedom. The opportunities, dangers and insecurities of a biography which used to be defined by the family clan, the local community or the rules of the social class or position, must now be discovered, interpreted, decided or redeveloped by the individual subject. It therefore seems logical that these processes of emancipation be experienced by the individual with a blend of interest in opportunity and fear of resulting disadvantages. Identity suffers from insecurity and becomes riskier when we essentially experience freedom as individualization.
