Emmanuel

by Donald Wallenfang

Book Overview

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) is perhaps one of the best-kept philosophical secrets of recent times. By locating ethics as first philosophy, based on the call of the other, Levinas has revolutionized the Western philosophical tradition. In effect, the perennial priority of the self is displaced by the uncanny urgency of the other. Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us gives the reader an introduction to the life and work of this humble philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666700002
• ISBN13: 9781666700008
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"