In the Margins of Deconstruction Jewish Conceptions of Ethics in Emm
Although this book is a study of the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, it would be mistaken to refer to it as a comparison. The book develops a framework which might aide the reader of Levinas and Derrida in determining the scope and significa
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN PHENOMENOLOGY
Volume 33
Editor: John J. Drummond, Mount Saint Mary's College Editorial Board: Elizabeth A. Behnke David Carr, Emory University Stephen Crowell, Rice University Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University J. Claude Evans, Washington University Jose Huertas-Jourda, Wilfrid Laurier University Joseph J. Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University William R. McKenna, Miami University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Tom Nenon, The University of Memphis Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz Elisabeth Stroker, Philosophisches Seminarium der Universitat Koln Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University
Scope The purpose of this series is to foster the development of phenomenological philosophy through creative research. Contemporary issues in philosophy, other disciplines and in culture generally, offer opportunities for the application of phenomenological methods that call for creative responses. Although the work of several generations of thinkers has provided phenomenology with many results with which to approach these challenges, a truly successful response to them will require building on this work with new analyses and methodological innovations.
IN THE MARGINS OF DECONSTRUCTION JEWISH CONCEPTIONS OF ETHICS IN EMMANUEL LEVINAS AND JACQUES DERRIDA
by
MARTIN C. SRAJEK University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-94-010-6188-9 ISBN 978-94-011-5198-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5198-6
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For Noah
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For Leslie
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments futroduction
CHAPTER 1: THETEXT
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Reading and Revelation
1.1 futroduction: The Text as "Espace Vitale"
24
1.2 Levinas' Concept of Subjectivity
25
1.2.1 The Subject and the Text
33
1.2.2 The Text
39
1.2.3 TextandGod
43
1.3 Midrashic Ethics
45
1.4 Humans as the lnuption in Being
49
CHAPTER2: THEABSOLUfE
51
Cohen. Rosenzweig. Levinas: Infinite Ethics
2.1 God as illfinite
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2.2 The Modem Jewish Tradition
57
2.2.1 Hermann Cohen
59
2.2.1.1 Relation with God as "Unendliche Aufgabe"
59
2.2.1.2 Negation and Privation: God the Origin of Activity
61
2.2.1.3 Anti -Materialism: The Holy Spirit and the Correlative Relation
63
2.2.1.4 Correlative Relation and Moral Action
65
2.2.2 Fr
