Lévinas

Leading Chinese and Western philosophers work alongside one another to explore the writings of one of the twentieth century s most perplexing and original ethical and metaphysical thinkers. Comparative discussion of L vinas on phenomenology, ethics, metaphysics and political philosophy within European philosophy and with Chinese philosophy Innovative accounts of L vinasian themes of surpassing phenomenology, post-Heideggerian philosophy, the philosophy of saintliness, transcendence and immanence, time and sensibility, desire, death, political philosophy, the subject, and the space of communicativity

Leading Chinese and Western philosophers work alongside one anotherto explore the writings of one of the twentieth century'smost perplexing and original ethical and metaphysical thinkers.* Comparative discussion of Lévinas on phenomenologyethics, metaphysics and political philosophy within Europeanphilosophy and with Chinese philosophy* Innovative accounts of Lévinasian themes of surpassingphenomenology, post-Heideggerian philosophy, the philosophy ofsaintliness, transcendence and immanence, time and sensibilitydesire, death, political philosophy, the subject, and the space ofcommunicativity

CHUNG-YING CHENG / Preface.NICHOLAS BUNNIN / Introduction.YANG DACHUN / Lévinas and the Three Dimensions ofSurpassing Phenomenology.JACQUES TAMINIAUX / Lévinas and Heidegger: APost-Heidegarrian Approach to Phenomenological IssuesDU XIAOZHEN / The Philosophy of Saintliness: Some Notes on theThought of Lévinas.MO WEIMIN / Phenomenology or Anti-Phenomenology? --A Studyof the Subject in Lévinas.SIMON CRITCHLEY / The Split Subject.WANG LIPING / Transcendence or Immanence? Lévinas, Bergsonand Chinese Thought.WANG HENG / The Instant as the Key to the Escape from Being onLévinas's Phenomenology of Sensibility and Time in HisEarly PeriodMARIE-ANNE LESCOURRET / Desire by Lévinas.SHANG JIE / The Phenomenology of Death.WANG TANGJIA / The Concepts of Death in Heidegger andLévinasSUN XIANGCHEN / Emmanuel Lévinas and the Critique of ModernPolitical Philosophy.ROBERT BERNASCONI / Extraterritoriality: Outside the SubjectOutside the State.DORIAN WISZNIEWSKI / "The Space of Communicativity":Lévinas and Architecture.