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This book explores Levinas's rethinking of the meaning of ethics, justice and the human from a position that affirms but goes beyond the anti-humanist philosophy of the twentieth century.
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
1. THE QUESTION OF BEING AND THE HUMAN......Page 24
2. HUMANISM IN CRISIS......Page 30
3. ORIGINARY INSUFFICIENCY:THROWNNESS, EVASION AND ENCHAINMENT......Page 33
4. PLEASURE: FROM TRIUMPH TO SHAME......Page 40
5. NAUSEA AND ANXIETY......Page 42
CHAPTER 2 Hypostasis: Il y a/Existent......Page 47
1. ONTOLOGICAL SEPARATION VERSUS ONTOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE......Page 48
2. THE IMPERSONAL AND ITS OTHER......Page 54
3. IL Y A AND THE IMPOSSIBLE INSTANCE......Page 56
4. IL Y A AND THE DUALITY OF HYPOSTASIS......Page 59
5. BEYOND HOPE: DEATH, TIME AND AUTRUI......Page 62
1. BEING HUNGRY: THE SALVATION AND SINCERITY OF LIFE......Page 66
2. ENJOYMENT AND INTENTIONALITY IN TOTALITY AND INFINITY......Page 68
3. ENJOYMENT, WORLD, EXTERIORITY......Page 71
4. THE SUBJECT OF ENJOYMENT AND IL Y A......Page 77
5. ENJOYMENT: LIGHT AND DISTANCE......Page 80
1. DWELLING: THE GIFT OF TlME......Page 84
2. RECOLLECTION AND WELCOME: SEXUAL DIFFERENCE......Page 90
3. POSSESSION AND/OR REPRESENTATION......Page 94
4. REALMS OF LIGHT: NEW VISIONS......Page 97
5. REPRESENTATION, SENSIBILITY AND THE FACE......Page 100
CHAPTER 5 Eros, Ethics and the Social Totality......Page 105
1. EROS AND PLATOβS SOCIAL TOTALITY......Page 106
2. FROM EROS TO THE FACE......Page 111
3. EROS AND THE PRODUCTION OF THE INFINITE......Page 117
1. THE OTHER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE......Page 122
2. FREEDOM AND THE FACE......Page 127
3. THE SUBJECT OF JUSTICE AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE THIRD......Page 132
4. TWO KINDS OF JUSTICE......Page 137
1. TRUTH AND BEINGβS JUSTICE......Page 144
2. ETHICS AND BEINGβS JUSTICE......Page 151
3. LANGUAGE AND AFFECTIVITY......Page 155
4. THE SAID AND THE SAYING OF THE SAID......Page 159
1. ETHICAL AMPHIBOLOGY......Page 164
2. THE ETHICAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF JUSTICE: ILLEITY AND THE THIRD PARTY......Page 172
3. ETHICS AND IL Y A......Page 182
Postscript......Page 190
Levinas in Translation......Page 192
Interviews/Dialogues......Page 193
Secondary Literature......Page 194
Notes......Page 206
Index......Page 225
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This book explores Levinas's rethinking of the meaning of ethics, justice and the human from a position that affirms but goes beyond the anti-humanist philosophy of the twentieth century
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