Establishes the importance of Husserl's phenomenology for Levinas's
ethics. Is Emmanuel Levinas a dismissive critic of Husserlian
phenomenology, or an important member of its movement? The standard
account of Levinas's work assumes his distance from Husserl. In
opposition to this account, Sensibility and Singularity contends that
Husserl was a vital, living resource for Levinas throughout his
philosophical career. The singularity of the Other is the centerpiece
of Levinas's thought. The philosophical significance of this
singularity, however, cannot be fully appreciated without attending to
Levinas's transformation of the Husserlian themes of time,
materiality, intentionality, and sense. This book documents those
transformations and establishes their centrality to Levinas's notion
of ethics. What emerges from this reading is a thorough account of
Levinas's constant and productive debate with the Husserlian tradition
of phenomenology.
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The Problem of Phenomenology in Levinas
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ISBN
9780791490877
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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