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The Intrigue of Ethics : A Reading of the Idea of Discourse in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyPublisher: US : Fordham University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (455 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823248018
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Intrigue of EthicsDDC classification:
  • 194
LOC classification:
  • B2430.L484 -- D83 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Dialogue and Peace -- PART I: THE IDEA OF DISCOURSE -- 1. The Impasse of Dialogue -- I. Dialogue as Dia-logos: The Ontological Model -- II. Dialogue Problematized -- 2. Original Plurality: The Terms of Discourse -- I. Allergy and Separation -- II. The Ethical Transcendence of the Other -- III. The Separation of the Same as Enjoyment -- 3. Discourse as the Condition of Possibility for Dialogue -- I. The Relation of Discourse -- II. Discourse Produces the Logos -- III. The Economy of the Same and the Logos -- IV. Discourse Founds Dialogue -- PART II: THE POSSIBLE IMPOSSIBILITY -- Introduction to Part II -- I. Conditions of the Possibility and Impossibility -- II. From "Discourse" to "The Saying -- 4. The Two Aspects of Language: The Saying and the Said -- I. Language As the Said -- II. Language As the Saying -- 5. The Two Directions in Language: The Reductive and the Re-constructive -- I. From the Said to the Saying: Reduction -- II. Intermezzo: Between Movements -- III. From the Saying to the Said: Re-construction -- IV. The Saying in Justice: Inspiration and Betrayal -- V. Discourse: A Possible Impossibility -- 6. The Moment of Responsibility: Time and Eternity -- I. From Simultaneity to Postponement -- II. From Postponement to Recurrence -- III. A Temporary Conclusion -- IV. At This Very Moment -- V. The Moment of Responsibility -- PART III: DISCOURSE, PHILOSOPHY, AND PEACE -- 7. Levinas's Philosophical Discourse -- I. Levinas's Philosophy As Discourse -- II. Levinas's Discourse As Philosophy -- 8. The Im/possibility of Peace -- I. Incredulities -- II. Offerings -- III. Testimonies -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Summary: Fine-grained studies focused on specific passages of Levinas's texts move gradually to a persuasive interpretation of his two masterpieces. -John Llewelyn, University of Edinburgh.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Dialogue and Peace -- PART I: THE IDEA OF DISCOURSE -- 1. The Impasse of Dialogue -- I. Dialogue as Dia-logos: The Ontological Model -- II. Dialogue Problematized -- 2. Original Plurality: The Terms of Discourse -- I. Allergy and Separation -- II. The Ethical Transcendence of the Other -- III. The Separation of the Same as Enjoyment -- 3. Discourse as the Condition of Possibility for Dialogue -- I. The Relation of Discourse -- II. Discourse Produces the Logos -- III. The Economy of the Same and the Logos -- IV. Discourse Founds Dialogue -- PART II: THE POSSIBLE IMPOSSIBILITY -- Introduction to Part II -- I. Conditions of the Possibility and Impossibility -- II. From "Discourse" to "The Saying -- 4. The Two Aspects of Language: The Saying and the Said -- I. Language As the Said -- II. Language As the Saying -- 5. The Two Directions in Language: The Reductive and the Re-constructive -- I. From the Said to the Saying: Reduction -- II. Intermezzo: Between Movements -- III. From the Saying to the Said: Re-construction -- IV. The Saying in Justice: Inspiration and Betrayal -- V. Discourse: A Possible Impossibility -- 6. The Moment of Responsibility: Time and Eternity -- I. From Simultaneity to Postponement -- II. From Postponement to Recurrence -- III. A Temporary Conclusion -- IV. At This Very Moment -- V. The Moment of Responsibility -- PART III: DISCOURSE, PHILOSOPHY, AND PEACE -- 7. Levinas's Philosophical Discourse -- I. Levinas's Philosophy As Discourse -- II. Levinas's Discourse As Philosophy -- 8. The Im/possibility of Peace -- I. Incredulities -- II. Offerings -- III. Testimonies -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

Fine-grained studies focused on specific passages of Levinas's texts move gradually to a persuasive interpretation of his two masterpieces. -John Llewelyn, University of Edinburgh.

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