Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Preface: The Unbearable Lightness of Ethics viii
5. Introduction: Contemporary Hermeneutics and the Question of Responsibility 1
6. PART I: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND
7. 1 The Responsibility to Understand 27
8. 2 The Capacity for Displacement 47
9. PART II: I AND THOU
10. 3 Things 69
11. 4 Animals 88
12. 5 Others 106
13. PART III: I AND WE
14. 6 Solidarity 125
15. 7 Arts and Literature 143
16. 8 Translation 163
17. Notes 183
18. Bibliography 206
19. Index 218