1 The Impasse of Dialogue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii
4. Preface: Dialogue and Peace x
5. PART I: THE IDEA OF DISCOURSE
6. 1 The Impasse of Dialogue 1
7. 2 Original Plurality: The Terms of Discourse 57
8. 3 Discourse as the Condition of Possibility for Dialogue 109
9. PART II The Possible Impossibility
10. INTRODUCTION TO PART II 165
11. 4 The Two Aspects of Language: The Saying and the Said 178
12. 5 The Two Directions in Language: The Reductive and the Re-constructive 224
13. 6 The Moment of Responsibility: Time and Eternity 263
14. PART III Discourse, Philosophy, and Peace
15. 7 Levinas' s Philosophical Discourse 315
16. 8 The Im/possibility of Peace 403
17. A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY 421
18. INDEX 433