Re-reading Levinas

by Robert Bernasconi

Book Overview

These essays provoke new responses to the work of the eminent French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas through an analysis of how the problematics of reading, deconstruction, feminism, and psychotherapy complicate and deepen Levinas's account of responsibility. The re-reading presented here continues and expands on the long-standing debate between Levinas and Jacques Derrida. Published in English for the first time are two key texts in this debate:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253206243
• ISBN13: 9780253206244
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher