Emmanuel Levinas : his life and legacy / Salomon Malka ; foreword by Philippe Nemo ; translated by Michael Kigel & Sonja M. Embree.
Malka, Salomon.
2006
B2430.L484 M3413 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Emmanuel Levinas : his life and legacy / Salomon Malka ; foreword by Philippe Nemo ; translated by Michael Kigel & Sonja M. Embree.
Author Malka, Salomon.
Uniform Title Emmanuel Lévinas. English
ISBN 9780820703589 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820703583 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820703572 (alk. paper)
0820703575 (alk. paper)
Imprint Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c2006.
Language English
Language Note Translated from the French.
Description xxxvii, 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number B2430.L484 M3413 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 194 B
Summary "An in-depth biography of Emmanuel Lévinas, twentieth century ethical philosopher and religious thinker, that details Levinas's life and his contributions to modern continental thought. Malka's journalistic approach includes personal accounts from Lévinas's family, friends, colleagues and students"--Provided by publisher.
Note Translated from the French.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-321) and index.
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I: Places: Kaunas
Strasbourg
Allô
Freiburg-im-Breisgau
Paris
Captivity
The trace
The Enio years
The Rashi course
The talmudic lesson
An encounter
II: Faces: The ferryman and the meteor
The bad genius
The double and the opposite
So to speak
The near and the far
The archivist and the precursors
Glimmers
Ritual and the world
Montaigne and Boétie
Gogol's nose
Tea
Recognition
Levinas in Jerusalem
Yon Kippur.

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