EMMANUEL LEVINAS
Best known for his theories of ethics and responsibility, Emmanuel
Levinas was one of the most profound and influential thinkers of the
last century. Exploring the intellectual and social contexts of his work
and the events that shaped it, Hand considers:
•the influence of phenomenology and Judaism on Levinas’s thought
•key concepts such as the ‘face’, the ‘other’, ethical consciousness and
responsibility
•Levinas’s work on aesthetics
•the relationship of philosophy and religion in his writings
•the interaction of his work with historical discussions
•his often complex relationships with other theorists and theories
This outstanding guide to Levinas’s work will prove invaluable to scholars
and students across a wide range of disciplines –from philosophy and
literary criticism through to international relations and the creative arts.
Seán Hand is Professor of French and Head of the Department of
French Studies at the University of Warwick. His central research
interests focus on twentieth-century French writing and philosophy.
ROUTLEDGE CRITICAL THINKERS
Series Editor: Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of
London
Routledge Critical Thinkers is a series of accessible introductions to key
figures in contemporary critical thought.
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Maurice Blanchot by Ullrich Haase and William Large
Judith Butler by Sara Salih
Gilles Deleuze by Claire Colebrook
Jacques Derrida by Nicholas Royle
Michel Foucault by Sara Mills
Sigmund Freud by Pamela Thurschwell
Antonio Gramsci by Steve Jones
Stephen Greenblatt by Mark Robson
Stuart Hall by James Procter
Martin Heidegger by Timothy Clark
Fredric Jameson by Adam Roberts
Jean-François Lyotard by Simon Malpas
Jacques Lacan by Sean Homer
Julia Kristeva by Noëlle McAfee
Paul de Man by Martin McQuillan
Friedrich Nietzsche by Lee Spinks
Paul Ricoeur by Karl Simms
Edward Said by Bill Ashcroft and Pal Ahluwalia
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by Stephen Morton
Paul Virilio by Ian James
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