The Trace of Judaism: Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas

by Val Vinokur

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Recipient, 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship

The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality. The Trace of Judaism addresses this characteristic through the thought of the Lithuanian-born Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Steeped in the Russian classics from an early age, Levinas drew significantly from Dostoevsky in his ethical thought. One can profitably read...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810125854
• ISBN13: 9780810125858
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"