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Levinas brings together the phenomenology of Husserl, the fundamental ontology of Heidegger, and the Bible. This book highlights his modesty and reserve and, above all, his rigor. It is 'the best introduction' to his work. Chapters Include: Bible and Philosophy; Heidegger; The 'There Is'; The Solitude of Being; Love and Filiation; Secrecy and Freedom; Responsibility for the Other; The Glory of Testimony; The Hardness of Philosophy and the Consolations of Religion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #183201 in Books
• Published on: 1985-01-01
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 126 pages

Review
"Levinas is one of those writers we like so much that we envy those who have not yet read him and so still have in store for themselves the pleasure of discovering him .[and] his conversations with Nemo, which, by their demanding simplicity, constitute the best possible introduction to his work..." -- Le Monde.

Customer Reviews

Introducing Levinas.
Not yet read any Levinas? Here is perhaps the place to start. I believe that Levinas is an extremely important philosopher and he is really only just being fully appreciated in the English speaking world. This is partly because of the extreme difficulty of his prose and what would seem to be idiosyncratic terminology. Though not without its own obscurities this book attempts to remedy this. The conversational tone gives the reader more sense of Levinas's humanity. Each of the central areas of concern to the philosopher are examined in interview style. Levinas's answers retain that strange mix of lucidity and obscurity that characterises his written works, such that one sometimes feels that though he seems to be answering with complete candour there is a kind of avoidence of the sraightforward. Why this is so is a topic that would itself require extensive examination. Nonetheless this is an interesting and important document and,as I said, perhaps a place to start.