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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)
Published
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the French.
Description
xxxvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 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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