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Levinas's Politics

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS ix
ABBREVIATIONS xi
NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS xv
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. The Talmudic Readings 14
CHAPTER 2. Levinas’s Conception of Politics in the Talmudic Readings 30
CHAPTER 3. Levinas’s Critique of Social “Indifference” 45
CHAPTER 4. On the Necessity of Political Violence 55
CHAPTER 5. Evil as Injustice 64
CHAPTER 6. On Nature 80
CHAPTER 7. Levinas and the Modern State of Israel 95
CHAPTER 8. Hegelian Dialectics and the Question of Messianism 108
CONCLUSION. Levinas’s Concept of Laïcité 126
NOTES 137
BIBLIOGRAPHY 157
INDEX 169
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 173

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812296808-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS ix
ABBREVIATIONS xi
NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS xv
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. The Talmudic Readings 14
CHAPTER 2. Levinas’s Conception of Politics in the Talmudic Readings 30
CHAPTER 3. Levinas’s Critique of Social “Indifference” 45
CHAPTER 4. On the Necessity of Political Violence 55
CHAPTER 5. Evil as Injustice 64
CHAPTER 6. On Nature 80
CHAPTER 7. Levinas and the Modern State of Israel 95
CHAPTER 8. Hegelian Dialectics and the Question of Messianism 108
CONCLUSION. Levinas’s Concept of Laïcité 126
NOTES 137
BIBLIOGRAPHY 157
INDEX 169
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 173

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