Emmanuel Levinas by John Llewelyn

Emmanuel Levinas by John Llewelyn

First Published in 2004. 'Emmanuel Levinas's thought can make us tremble' exclaims Jacques Derrida, one of the increasing number of writers in many different fields through whose works reverberate shock waves transmitted by the prophetic words of this eminent contemporary philosopher. John Llewelyn's exemplary study hears in Levinas's words an argument to the effect that is ethics is in crisis today it is because we fail to acknowledge that there is crisis in ethics from all time. After Auschwitz, he asks, dare we leave unheeded what Levinas has to say?

'This is one of the most significant book-length engagements with the thought of Levinas in any languageIt is of the same order of importance as Derrida's seminal essay on Levinas, 'Violence and Metaphysics'. At this level and intensity of reading the distinction between original works and commentary falls away; here we are in the presence of thinking itself, with all its difficulty and opacity.' - Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology

John Llewelyn, following retirement from the University pf Edinburgh hs been visiting professor at Loyola University of Chicago and Memphis State University.

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ISBN 13	9780415107303
ISBN 10	041510730X
Title	Emmanuel Levinas
Author	John Llewelyn
Series	Warwick Studies In European Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1995-06-29
Number of pages	256
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