Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This collection, now available in an affordable paperback edition, contains eleven of the most significant articles written by Emmanuel Levinas. This volume includes "Reality and its Shadow," "The Ego and the Totality," "Philosophy and the Idea of Infinity," "Meaning and Sense," "Humanism and An-archy," "God and Philosophy" and "Transcendence and Evil," among others. An excellent overview of Levinas's ideas and philosophy. Each of the theses represented in this collection is further explored and developed in Levinas's Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence.
Table of Contents
Reality and its shadow -- Freedom and command -- The ego and the totality -- Philosophy and the idea of infinity -- Phenomenon and enigma -- Meaning and sense -- Language and proximity -- Humanism and an-archy -- No identity -- God and philosophy -- Transcendence and evil.