Lévinas: Chinese and Western Perspectives (Journal of Chinese Philosophy Supplement)

Leading Chinese and Western philosophers work alongside one another to explore the writings of one of the twentieth century’s most perplexing and original ethical and metaphysical thinkers.Comparative discussion of L?vinas on phenomenology, ethics, metaphysics and political philosophy within European philosophy and with Chinese philosophyInnovative accounts of L?vinasian themes of surpassing phenomenology, post-Heideggerian philosophy, the philosophy of saintliness, transcendence and immanence, time and sensibility, desire, death, political philosophy, the subject, and the space of communicativity Introduction / Nicholas Bunnin -- Lévinas And The Three Dimensions Of Surpassing Phenomenology / Yang Dachun -- Lévinas And Heidegger : A Post-heidegarrian Approach To Phenomenological Issues / Jacques Taminiaux -- The Philosophy Of Saintliness : Some Notes On The Thought Of Lévinas / Du Xiaozhen -- Phenomenology Or Anti-phenomenology? A Study Of The Subject In Lévinas / Mo Weimin -- The Split Subject Simon Critchley -- Transcendence Or Immanence? : Lévinas, Bergson, And Chinese Thought / Wang Liping -- The Instant As The Key To The Escape From Being On Lévinas's Phenomenology Of Sensibility And Time In His Early Period / Wang Heng -- Desire By Lévinas / Marie-anne Lescourret -- The Phenomenology Of Death / Shang Jie -- The Concepts Of Death In Heidegger And Lévinas / Wang Tangjia -- Emmanuel Lévinas And The Critique Of Modern Political Philosophy / Sun Xiangchen -- Extraterritoriality : Outside The Subject, Outside The State / Robert Bernasconi -- The Space Of Communicativity : Lévinas And Architecture / Dorian Wiszniewski. Edited By Nicholas Bunnin, Dachun Yang And Linyu Gu Supplement To The Journal Of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 35, 2008 Includes Bibliographical References. Leading Chinese and Western philosophers work alongside one another to explore the writings of one of the twentieth century's most perplexing and original ethical and metaphysical thinkers.Comparative discussion of Lévinas on phenomenology, ethics, metaphysics and political philosophy within European philosophy and with Chinese philosophyInnovative accounts of Lévinasian themes of surpassing phenomenology, post-Heideggerian philosophy, the philosophy of saintliness, transcendence and immanence, time and sensibility, desire, death, political philosophy, the subject, and the space of