Face to Face with Levinas, livre ebook

An introduction to the ethical and ontological import of Levinas' philosophy.

An introduction to the ethical and ontological import of Levinas' philosophy.

Face to Face with Levinas makes available to American readers the best of recent thought on Emmanuel Levinas. The contributors to this volume are some of the most significant and best-known Levinas scholars in the United States and Europe-Maurice Blanchot, Luce Trigaray, Theodore De Boer, Adriaan Peperzak, Jan de Greef, Alphonso Lingis. Most notably, it features an interview with Levinas by Richard Kearney. This elaborate interview provides a succinct introduction to the themes developed within the book and allows Levinas to restate his philosophy in light of the criticisms that follow.

The contributions range from the imaginative to the academi Together they provide a well-focused introduction to the ethical and ontological import of Levinas' philosophy..