division can be sanctioned by some of Levinas’s own statements, which seem to suggest that his philosophy remains uncontaminated by any religious commitment. 2 Unfortunately, the briefest acquaintance with his philosophical work does not permit this neat separation between the religious and the philosophical writings.

This article explores the significance of the work of Emmanuel Levinas for the philosophy of religion. Levinas is well‐known as the philosopher of the face of the other which provokes infinite responsibility. In his account of ethical responsibility to the other he regularly employs religious references, though rarely with extended explanations.

Emmanuel Levinas. On the relation to death in the philosophy of. Emmanuel av S Ceder · Citerat av 4 — villkor utifrån Emmanuel Levinas filosofi. Simon Ceder. Ethics and Equality.

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Western philosophy, according to Levinas, ‘has most Emmanuel Levinas (/ ˈ l ɛ v ɪ n æ s /; French: [ɛmanɥɛl levinas]; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work related to Jewish philosophy, existentialism, ethics, phenomenology and ontology On Emmanuel Levinas's Concepts of 'Trace' and 'Otherness' and their Relationship to the Thought of Jacques Derrida: A Further Contribution to URAM Levinas Studies (URAM 14: 99-108) Ze'ev Levy, Kibbutz Hama April, Doar Na Refer 38857, Israel 1. INTRODUCTION Philosophy, and a-fortiori theology, until the 17th century, searched for an all-encom incontrovertible fact that Levinas philosophy is based upon Husserlian philosophy, but also, that the main effect in the formation of his philosophy is Heidegger‟s philosophy. According to Levinas, it isn‟t possible for there to be a serious philosophy without proceeding this or that way from Heidegger‟s way (Levinas 1979, 42-47). Emmanuel Levinas has been Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne and the director of the Ecole Normale Israelite Orientale. Through such works as Totality and Infinity and Otherwise than Being, he has exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century continental philosophy, providing inspiration for Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot and Irigaray.

division can be sanctioned by some of Levinas’s own statements, which seem to suggest that his philosophy remains uncontaminated by any religious commitment. 2 Unfortunately, the briefest acquaintance with his philosophical work does not permit this neat separation between the religious and the philosophical writings.

B. Levinas’ Critique of Rationalism and Its Repression of Body/Sensation: Hegel, Husserl and Heidegger Because Western philosophy has been obsessed with an ontological understanding of Being, it has treated the subject as an epistemological subject who can grasp the other and the world conceptually and rationally. Permeated with references to the 'stranger', the 'other' and 'exteriority', the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas signifies a positive understanding of exile.

Prof W L van der Merwe & Mrs V V de Voss, Dept of Philosophy, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602; E-mail: lek@sun.ac.za Willie van der Merwe & Vida de Voss The ethics of responsibility: the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas First submission: August 2006 Emmanuel Levinas’s ethics is based on the Other/other.

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. This article explores the significance of the work of Emmanuel Levinas for the philosophy of religion. Levinas is well‐known as the philosopher of the face of the other which provokes infinite responsibility. In his account of ethical responsibility to the other he regularly employs religious references, though rarely with extended explanations. Levinas’s philosophy is deeply rooted in the post-WWII anti-totalitarian thought of continental philosophy.
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Levinas is well‐known as the philosopher of the face of the other which provokes infinite responsibility. In his account of ethical responsibility to the other he regularly employs religious references, though rarely with extended explanations. Levinas’s philosophy is deeply rooted in the post-WWII anti-totalitarian thought of continental philosophy.

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Second, the concepts that bear this possibility to a philosophically acceptable level of cogency can. Levinas is well-known as the philosopher of the face of the other which provokes infinite responsibility.