The thirteen essays collected in this volume investigate the possibility that the word "God" can be understood now, at the end of the twentieth century, in a meaningful way. Nine of the essays appear in English translation for the first time. Among Levinas's writings, this volume distinguishes itself, both for students of his thought and for a wider audience, by the range of issues it addresses. Levinas not only rehearses the ethical themes that have led him to be regarded as one of the most original thinkers working out of the phenomenological tradition, but he also takes up philosophical...
The thirteen essays collected in this volume investigate the possibility that the word "God" can be understood now, at the end of the twentieth centur...
In this landmark study, Emmanuel Levinas discusses the aspects and function of intuition in Husserl's thought and its meaning for philosophical self-reflection. An essential, and illuminating explication of central issues in Husserl's phenomenology, it is also important as a formative work of one of this century's most distinguished philosophers.
In this landmark study, Emmanuel Levinas discusses the aspects and function of intuition in Husserl's thought and its meaning for philosophical self-r...
Emmanuel Levinas Michael A. Smith Richard A. Cohen
Contemporary philosophers are increasingly turning to the work of Emmanuel Levinas to bring a consideration of ethics into their own thinking. As an exponent of the phenomenological tradition, Levinas ranks with Heidegger and Sartre; as a disciple of Husserl, he was one of the most independent and original interpreters, testifying to the fruitfulness of Husserl's phenomenology. In collecting almost all of Levinas's articles on Husserlian phenomenology, this volume gathers together a wealth of thoughtful exposition and interpretation by one of the most important European philosophers of...
Contemporary philosophers are increasingly turning to the work of Emmanuel Levinas to bring a consideration of ethics into their own thinking. As an e...
Für Lévinas ist die soziale Beziehung zwischen Menschen etwas so Eigentümliches, daß sie nicht auf die Kausalbeziehung, die Logik oder die Intentionalität zurückgeführt werden kann. In seinem Denken bildet sie das eigentliche, Welt konstituirende und zugleich transzendierende "Prinzip", von dem her alle anderen Beziehungen verständlich werden. Sie führt uns über die Totalität der Welt hinaus zum Unendlichen des Anderen. Die Aufgabe des Buches ist es daher, zuerst die soziale Beziehung in ihrer Eigenart herauszustellen. Sodann entwickelt Lévinas aus seinen Voraussetzungen den...
Für Lévinas ist die soziale Beziehung zwischen Menschen etwas so Eigentümliches, daß sie nicht auf die Kausalbeziehung, die Logik oder die Intenti...