Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction: The Uncertain Topography of Criticism 1
6. 1 Ethics and the End of Criticism? 10
7. 2 The Dialogue between Perception and Rule: Martha Nussbaum 35
8. 3 Reading (:) the Ethics of Deconstructive Criticism 61
9. 4 'Cold Splendor': Levinas's Suspicion of Art 98
10. 5 What is Hecuba to me?': Language beyond Being and the Task of Criticism 129
11. Conclusion: Interpretation Continual Interruption 175
12. Bibliography 181
13. Index 191