Totality and infinity at 50

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"Essays by 14 Levinas scholars provide a fresh acount of the argument and purpose of Emmanuel Levinas's major work, Totality and Infinity, drawing parallels between Levinas and other thinkers; considering Levinas's relationship to other disciplines such as nursing, psychotherapy, and law; and bringing this seminal text to bear on specific, concrete issues of present-day concern"--Provided by publisher.

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Full title :Totality and infinity at 50 / edited by Scott Davidson and Diane Perpich.

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Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duquesne University Press
Place of Publication:Pittsburgh, Pa
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 310 pages ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:9780820704524, 0820704520
oclc:ocn767255467
LC Classification:BD396.L433
Dewey Decimal:111

Joy beyond Boredom: Totality and Infinity as a Work of Wonder / Silvia Benso -- Unspoken Unity: I, Who Enjoy and Desire / Adriaan Peperzak and Stacy Bautista -- "All that Is Holy Is Profaned": Levinas and Marx on the Social Relation / Asher Horowitz -- Emmanuel Levinas as a Philosopher of the Ordinary / Michael L. Morgan -- The Fundamental Idea of Emmanuel Levinas's Philosophy / Georg W. Bertram -- Don't Try This at Home: Levinas and Applied Ethics / Diane Perpich -- Law, Ethics, and the Unbounded Duty of Care / Desmond Manderson -- The Rights of the Other: Levinas and Human Rights / Scott Davidson -- Ethics as Teaching: The Figure of the Master in Totality and Infinity / Joëlle Hansel -- Turning toward the Other: Ethics, Fecundity, and the Primacy of Education / Claire Katz -- Future Interval: On Levinas and Glissant / John Drabinski -- Levinas's Ethical Critique of Levinasian Ethics / Robert Bernasconi.