Levinas’ ’totality and infinity’ : a reader’s guide

162 Pages·2015·0.725 MB·English

by  Large, William

Levinas’
‘Totality and
Infinity’
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A READER’S GUIDE
Levinas’
‘Totality and
Infinity’
WILLIAM LARGE
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CONTENTS
Foreword xi
Author’s Note xiii
1 Overview of themes and context 1
The phenomenological method of Totality and Infinity 4
Levinas as a Jewish philosopher 10
2 Reading the text 15
Preface 15
The same and the other 22
Interiority and economy 47
Ethics and the face 77
Beyond the face 100
Conclusions 113
3 Reception and influence 119
The problem of presentation 120
The problem of politics 123
The problem of the feminine 125
The problem of religion 126
4 Further reading 129
Notes 135
Index 141