Levinas

Monsieur Chouchani - Chouchani and Levinas
... Emmanuel Levinas's first encounter with Chouchani and their subsequent relationship, is summarized as follows In 1945 Levinas closest friend, Dr ... He strongly recommended to Levinas to meet Chouchani, but for two years Levinas refused ... After all (...) Levinas was quite suspicious as to what this "clochard" looking man could contribute to him ...

Face-to-face
... concept in the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' thought on human sociality ... Specifically, Levinas says that the human face "orders and ordains" us ... maintain that Derrida does not agree with Levinas ...

Jacques Derrida - Work - 1990s: Political and Ethical Themes
... Derrida's contemporary readings of Emmanuel Levinas, Walter Benjamin, Carl Schmitt, Jan Patočka, on themes such as law, justice, responsibility, and friendship, had a significant impact on fields beyond ... Derrida delivered a eulogy at Levinas' funeral, later published as Adieu à Emmanuel Lévinas, an appreciation and exploration of Levinas's moral philosophy ...

Innocent Venus - Plot
... The Logos exercise control over the Levinas, the lower class which struggles day to day in order to stay alive ... The Levinas are restricted from entering the special zones, causing tension which creates a resistance group which fights back against the Logos ... military group which is used to control the Levinas ...

Heideggerian - Criticism - Contemporary European Reception
... of animals, the nature of the religious, Heidegger's supposed neglect of ethics (Emmanuel Levinas), the body (Maurice Merleau-Ponty), or sexual difference (Luce Irigaray) ... Emmanuel Levinas was deeply influenced by Heidegger yet became one of his fiercest critics, contrasting the infinity of the good beyond being with the immanence ... Levinas also condemned Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism, stating "One can forgive many Germans, but there are some Germans it is difficult to forgive ...