Sensibility and singularity : the problem of phenomenology in Levinas / John E. Drabinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drabinski, John E., 1968-

Series:

SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938--Influence.

Husserl, Edmund.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is Emmanuel Levinas a dismissive critic of Husserlian phenomenology, or an important member of its movement? The standard account of Levinas's work assumes his distance from Husserl. In opposition to this account, Sensibility and Singularity contends that Husserl was a vital, living resource for Levinas throughout his philosophical career. The singularity of the Other is the centerpiece of Levinas's thought. The philosophical significance of this singularity, however, cannot be fully appreciated without attending to Levinas's transformation of the Husserlian themes of time, materiality, intentionality, and sense. This book documents those transformations and establishes their centrality to Levinas's notion of ethics. What emerges from this reading is a thorough account of Levinas's constant and productive debate with the Husserlian tradition of phenomenology.

Contents:

""Sensibility and Singularity: The Problem of Phenomenology in Levinas""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Unsuspected Horizons: On the Husserl Question""; ""2. The Subject outside Itself: Transcendence and Materialityin the 1940's and 1950's""; ""3. The Subject in Question: Relation and Sense in Totality and Infinity""; ""4. Sensation, Trace, Enigma: Rethinking Sensibility in the 1960's""; ""5. Impressions of Sense: Materiality in Otherwise than Being""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.

ISBN:

9780791490877

0791490874

OCLC:

794701350