The most definitive, accessible, and cogently argued statement of his philosophy that Levinas ever published. What makes Entre Nous so remarkable is that it summarizes and clarifies the central arguments of his long career. CHOICE
Translator's AcknowledgmentsAuthor's Preface1 Is Ontology Fundamental?2 The I and the Totality3 Levy-Bruhl and Contemporary Philosophy4 A Man-God?5 A New Rationality: On Gabriel Marcel6 Hermeneutics and the Beyond7 Philosophy and Awakening8 Useless Suffering9 Philosophy, Justice, and Love10 Nonintentional Consciousness11 From the One to the Other: Transcendence and Time12 The Rights of Man and Good Will13 Diachrony and Representation14 The Philosophical Determination of the Idea of Culture15 Uniqueness16 Totality and Infinity. Preface to the German Edition17 Dialogue on Thinking-of-the-Other18 'Dying For . . . '19 The Idea of the Infinite in Us20 The Other, Utopia, and JusticeNotesIndex
Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a leading philosopher and Talmudic commentator.