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- Addressing Levinas
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
- Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
summary
At a time of great and increasing interest in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, this volume draws readers into what Levinas described as "philosophy itself"—"a discourse always addressed to another." Thus the philosopher himself provides the thread that runs through these essays on his writings, one guided by the importance of the fact of being addressed—the significance of the Saying much more than the Said. The authors, leading Levinas scholars and interpreters from across the globe, explore the philosopher's relationship to a wide range of intellectual traditions, including theology, philosophy of culture, Jewish thought, phenomenology, and the history of philosophy. They also engage Levinas's contribution to ethics, politics, law, justice, psychoanalysis and epistemology, among other themes.
In their radical singularity, these essays reveal the inalienable alterity at the heart of Levinas's ethics. At the same time, each essay remains open to the others, and to the perspectives and positions they advocate. Thus the volume, in its quality and diversity, enacts an authentic encounter with Levinas's thought, embodying an intellectual ethics by virtue of its style. Bringing together contributions from philosophy, theology, literary theory, gender studies, and political theory, this book offers a deeper and more thorough encounter with Levinas's ethics than any yet written.
In their radical singularity, these essays reveal the inalienable alterity at the heart of Levinas's ethics. At the same time, each essay remains open to the others, and to the perspectives and positions they advocate. Thus the volume, in its quality and diversity, enacts an authentic encounter with Levinas's thought, embodying an intellectual ethics by virtue of its style. Bringing together contributions from philosophy, theology, literary theory, gender studies, and political theory, this book offers a deeper and more thorough encounter with Levinas's ethics than any yet written.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- List of Abbreviations of Works by Emmanuel Levinas
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Introduction: Addressing Levinas
- pp. xix-xxxi
- Strange Fire
- pp. 3-16
- Beyond Outrage
- pp. 34-51
- Levinas: A Transdisciplinary Thinker
- pp. 61-74
- “Between Betrayal and Betrayal”
- pp. 75-85
- Levinas on the Saying and the Said
- pp. 86-97
- Bare Humanity
- pp. 98-108
- The Other Side of Intentionality
- pp. 109-118
- Face and Revelation
- pp. 119-137
- Being and the Other
- pp. 138-151
- Some Questions for My Levinasian Friends
- pp. 152-169
- Levinas and the Struggle for Existence
- pp. 170-184
- Wealth and Justice in a U-topian Context
- pp. 185-198
- Returning Violence
- pp. 236-256
- Sensible Subjects
- pp. 296-309
- Conditions
- pp. 310-337
- Contributors
- pp. 339-342
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810162129
Related ISBN(s)
9780810120464, 9780810120488
MARC Record
OCLC
316590754
Pages
384
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No