Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas

by Jacques Derrida

Book Overview

This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. For both thinkers, the word adieu names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say adieu at the moment of meeting) and that given at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804732752
• ISBN13: 9780804732758
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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Contrary to an above reviewer of this book, Derrida's project is not "designed to cast great doubt on the classical notions of truth, reality, meaning, and knowledge." Especially not in Derrida's writings of the last 15 years, following his so-called "ethical" or "religious" turn. This volume includes two essays, "Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas" and "A Word of Welcome." The former is the eulogy Derrida gave at Levinas's burial, and the latter is an excellent analaysis of Levinas's ethics in the terms of "hospitality." Valuable for anyone interested in Levinas, recent developments in ethics, or Derrida's later philosophy.