The intervention of the other : ethical subjectivity in Levinas and Lacan / David Ross Fryer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fryer, David Ross.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévinas, Emmanuel--Ethics.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981--Ethics.

Lacan, Jacques.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Other (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2004]

Summary:

"The Intervention of the Other" deftly brings the thought of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Lacan into fruitful dialogue through a comparative analysis of these two seemingly disparate thinkers. Through close textual analysis, the author shows how Levinas and Lacan offer two ways of positing the ethical subject in the post-humanist landscape of contemporary thought. (Philosophy)

Contents:

Introduction: Post-humanism and ethical subjectivity in Levinas and Lacan

The other and the self : creating the subject

Sexed subjectivity, symbolic subjectivity

Linguistic subjectivity and the speaking subject

Ethical subjectivity : God, an-archy, the subject, and desire

Conclusion: Post-humanist ethical subjectivity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-245) and index.

ISBN:

1590510887

OCLC:

53330995