The Cambridge Companion to Levinas (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

Emmanuel Levinas Is Now Widely Recognized Alongside Heidegger, Merleau-ponty And Sartre As One Of The Most Important Continental Philosophers Of The Twentieth Century. His Abiding Concern Was The Primacy Of The Ethical Relation To The Other Person And His Central Thesis Was That Ethics Is First Philosophy. His Work Has Had A Profound Impact On A Number Of Fields Outside Philosophy--such As Theology, Jewish Studies, Literature And Cultural Theory, Psychotherapy, Sociology, Political Theory, International Relations Theory And Critical Legal Theory--amazon.com. Introduction / Simon Critchley -- Levinas And Judaism / Hilary Putnam -- Levinas And The Face Of The Other / Bernhard Waldenfels -- Levinas's Critique Of Husserl / Rudolf Bernet -- Levinas And The Talmud / Catherine Chalier -- Levinas And Language / John Llewelyn -- Levinas, Feminism And The Feminine / Stella Sandford -- Sincerity And The End Of Theodicy : Three Remarks On Levinas And Kant / Paul Davies -- Language And Alterity In The Thought Of Levinas / Edith Wyschogrod -- Conepts Of Art And Poetry In Emmanuel Levinas's Writings / Gerald L. Bruns -- What Is The Question To Which 'substitution' Is The Answer? / Robert Bernasconi -- Evil And The Temptation Of Theodicy / Richard J. Bernstein. Edited By Simon Critchley And Robert Bernasconi. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 268-281) And Index. Emmanuel Levinas is now widely recognised alongside Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre as one of the most important Continental philosophers of the twentieth century. His abiding concern was the primacy of the ethical relation to the other person and his central thesis was that ethics is first philosophy. His work has also had a profound impact on a number of fields outside philosophy such as theology, Jewish studies, literature and cultural theory, psychotherapy, sociology, political theory, international relations theory and critical legal theory. This volume, first published in 2002, contains overviews of Levinas's contribution in a number of fields, and includes detailed discussions of his early and late work, his relation to Judaism and talmudic commentary, and his contributions to aesthetics and the philosophy of religion. (Source: [Cambridge University Press](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-levinas/3A49E0A179967B8556F93AF8818B6D65#fndtn-information)) contributors......Page 10 acknowledgements......Page 13 abbreviations......Page 14 emmanuel levinas:a disparate inventory......Page 16 1 Introduction......Page 32 2 Levinas and Judaism......Page 64 3 Levinas and the face of the other......Page 94 4 Levinas’s critique of Husserl......Page 113 5 Levinas and the Talmud......Page 131 6 Levinas and language......Page 150 7 Levinas, feminism and thefeminine......Page 170 8 Sincerity and the endof theodicy: three remarkson Levinas and Kant......Page 192 9 Language and alterity in thethought of Levinas......Page 219 10 The concepts of art and poetryin Emmanuel Levinas’s writings......Page 237 11 What is the question to which‘substitution’ is the answer?......Page 265 12 Evil and the temptationof theodicy......Page 283 bibliography......Page 299 index......Page 313 List of contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Emmanuel Levinas: a disparate inventory, Simon Critchley Introduction, Simon Critchley Levinas and Judaism, Hilary Putnam Levinas and the face of the other, Bernhard Waldenfels Levinas’s critique of Husserl, Rudolf Bernet Levinas and the Talmud, Catherine Chalier Levinas and language, John Llewelyn Levinas, feminism and the feminine, Stella Sandford Sincerity and the end of theodicy: three remarks on Levinas and Kant, Paul Davies Language and alterity in the thought of Levinas, Edith Wyschogrod The concepts of art and poetry in Emmanuel Levinas’s writings, Gerald L. Bruns What is the question to which ‘substitution’ is the answer? Robert Bernasconi Evil and the temptation of theodicy, Richard J. Bernstein Bibliography Index