The Face of the Other and the Trace of God: Essays on the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas / Edition 1

by Jeffrey Bloechl

Overview

The Face of the Other and the Trace of God contain essays on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, and how his philosophy intersects with that of other philosophers, particularly Husserl, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Derrida. This collection is broadly divided into two parts: relations with the other, and the questions of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823219667
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Perspectives in Continental Philosophy , #10
Edition description:	3
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeffrey Bloechl is Professor of Philosophy at Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium.

Editorial Reviews

The Trace of God is a tremendous achievement, featuring the most vital voices in the conversation around Derrida and religion. Despite the ignorance-fueled backlash that has developed around Derrida’s religious turn, this volume shows that we are not yet done with these profound questions, and that Derrida still has more to teach us.——Clayton Crockett, Universityof Central Arkansas

...Contains work by some of the most important philosophers active in the field of contemporary continental philosophy in North America and Western Europe.——James A. Snyder, Duquesne University

From the Publisher

...Contains work by some of the most important philosophers active in the field of contemporary continental philosophy in North America and Western Europe.

Duquesne University - James A. Snyder

The Trace of God is a tremendous achievement, featuring the most vital voices in the conversation around Derrida and religion. Despite the ignorance-fueled backlash that has developed around Derrida’s religious turn, this volume shows that we are not yet done with these profound questions, and that Derrida still has more to teach us.

University of Central Arkansas - Clayton Crockett

Bloechl (philosophy, Catholic U. of Leuven, Belgium) provides an introduction to this collection of 12 essays, all of which are published here for the first time in English (some have appeared previously in other languages or have been delivered as lectures). Arrangement is in sections on relations with others, and the question of God. A sampling of topics: the alterity of the stranger and the experience of the alien (Robert Bernasconi), Levinas from phenomenology to the immemorial (Michael Newman), and Levinas's God and Freud's trauma (Rudi Visker). The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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