Addressing Levinas

AtatimeofgreatandincreasinginterestintheworkofEmmanuelLevinas,thisvolumedrawsreadersintowhatLevinasdescribedas"philosophyitself"--"adiscoursealwaysaddressedtoanother."Thusthephilosopherhimselfprovidesthethreadthatrunsthroughtheseessaysonhiswritings,oneguidedbytheimportanceofthefactofbeingaddressed--thesignificanceoftheSayingmuchmorethantheSaid.Theauthors,leadingLevinasscholarsandinterpretersfromacrosstheglobe,explorethephilosopher'srelationshiptoawiderangeofintellectualtraditions,includingtheology,philosophyofculture,Jewishthought,phenomenology,andthehistoryofphilosophy.TheyalsoengageLevinas'scontributiontoethics,politics,law,justice,psychoanalysisandepistemology,amongotherthemes.Intheirradicalsingularity,theseessaysrevealtheinalienablealterityattheheartofLevinas'sethics.Atthesametime,eachessayremainsopentotheothers,andtotheperspectivesandpositionstheyadvocate.Thusthevolume,initsqualityanddiversity,enactsanauthenticencounterwithLevinas'sthought,embodyinganintellectualethicsbyvirtueofitsstyle.Bringingtogethercontributionsfromphilosophy,theology,literarytheory,genderstudies,andpoliticaltheory,thisbookoffersadeeperandmorethoroughencounterwithLevinas'sethicsthananyyetwritten.