To the Other: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (Purdue University Series in the History of Philosophy)

by Adriaan T. Peperzak, Emmanuel Levinas, Adriaan Peperzak

Book Overview

The fruit of the author's many courses on Emmanuel Levinas in Europe and the United States, this study is a clear introduction for graduate students and scholars who are not yet familiar with Levinas's difficult but exceptionally important oeuvre. After a first chapter on the existential background and the key issues of his thought, chapters 2, 3, and 4 concentrate on and include a short text, "Philosophy and the idea of the Infinite," which contains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557530246
• ISBN13: 9781557530240
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"