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Considers the ways in which the writings of Derrida and Levinas illuminate each other's thought. If not simple opposition or simple juxtaposition, what is the relation between the writings to which Derrida and Levinas appose their signatures? What would each endorse in the writings of the other? What is it to sign and endorse? How does one assume responsibility, and how does one avoid assuming it? These are some of the probing questions that the prominent Continental philosopher, John Llewelyn takes up in "Appositions", which brings together and synthesises fifteen essays written during the past twenty years.Drawing out the metaphor of the Greek letter chi, or "x", Llewelyn apposes the discussions of the two philosophers, applying their thought to one another. In considering the work of Derrida and Levinas from the points of view of philosophy, linguistics, logic, and theology, Llewelyn invokes a diverse array of philosophers, theologians, and literary figures, including Austin, Defoe, Hegel, Heidegger, Jankelevitch, Kant, Mallarme, Plato, Ponge, Ramsey, Rosenzweig, Russell, Saussure, and Valery. This book by a powerfully original thinker and first-rate interpreter is essential reading for all those interested in the writings of Derrida and Levinas and in the ways in which their thinking intersects.

Derrida, Jacques. --- Lévinas, Emmanuel.

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Develops an account of non-normative feminist cinematic ethics and a fresh methodological approach to film-philosophy.

Motion pictures --- Feminist ethics. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Denis, Claire, --- Lévinas, Emmanuel --- Nancy, Jean-Luc --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Ethics --- Feminism --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Lévinas, E. --- Leṿinas, ʻImanuʼel --- Levinas, Emani︠u︡el --- לוינס׳ עמנואל --- לוינס, עמנואל --- Līfīnās, Īmānwāl --- ليفيناس، إيمانوال --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Film --- Denis, Claire --- Levinas, Emmanuel --- Lévinas, Emmanuel --- Nancy, Jean-Luc. --- Levinas, Emmanuel.

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In Essential Vulnerabilities, Deborah Achtenberg contests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. Instead, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. Nonetheless, Achtenberg argues, Plato and Levinas are different. Though they share the view that human beings are essentially vulnerable and essentially in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently. For Plato, when we see beautiful others, we are overwhelmed by the beauty of what is, by the vision of eternal form. For Levinas, we are disrupted by the newness, foreignness, or singularity of the other. The other, for him, is new or foreign, not eternal. The other is unknowable singularity. By showing these similarities and differences, Achtenberg resituates Plato in relation to Levinas and opens up two contrasting ways that self is essentially in relation to others.

Other (Philosophy) --- Self (Philosophy) --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Plato. --- Lévinas, Emmanuel. --- Levinas, Emmanuel. --- Alterity (Philosophy) --- Otherness (Philosophy) --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platon, --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- Plato --- Platon --- Platoon --- Lévinas, E. --- Leṿinas, ʻImanuʼel --- Levinas, Emani︠u︡el --- לוינס׳ עמנואל --- לוינס, עמנואל --- Līfīnās, Īmānwāl --- ليفيناس، إيمانوال --- Lévinas, Emmanuel --- Платон --- プラトン