The topic of the Alien, as the opposite of one's own, has long been one of the hot topics across the social sciences. However, Bernhard Wadlenfels' responsive phenomenology aims to investigate the Alien at the level of its very essence and views every experience as a response to the Alien, disturbing the boundaries of our order. The Alien comes with a demand for a response that we cannot avoid, and which inevitably affects us on multiple levels. The Alien, a radicalized form of otherness, acts here as a hyperphenomenon, emerging with every experience that reflects our subjectivity. It establishes a hierarchical relationship in which we are forced to react with a response that we must first create.

In the dissertation, the creative essence of this specific form of responsivity plays a central role. Research tries to point out its appearance through the dialogical aspects of phenomena such as surprise, startlement or anxiety. However, the main object of interest is the creative process in art, where is illustrated several forms of the phenomena of the Alien and their critical roles in creative experience and its outcome. Insight from the perspective of responsive phenomenology should thus provide expanded possibilities for thinking about improvisation and the attributes and limits of free artistic expression.