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29Time of ethics: Levinas and the éclectement of timePhilosophy and Social Criticism 22 (6): 19-53. 1996.Our essay examines Levinas's ideas of time and their relation to his ethical discourse. We read 'his' texts deconstructively and show how the notions of time and of the ethical are closely inter connected. We argue that Levinas deconstructs the concept of time, as it is traditionally developed by Western philosophy, and that this concept is part and parcel of and cannot be detached from his philo sophical venture. By following two major shibboleths, jouissance and language, we trace the deconstr…Read more
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19Time of ethics: Levinas and the éclectement of timePhilosophy and Social Criticism 22 (6): 19-53. 1996.Our essay examines Levinas's ideas of time and their relation to his ethical discourse. We read 'his' texts deconstructively and show how the notions of time and of the ethical are closely inter connected. We argue that Levinas deconstructs the concept of time, as it is traditionally developed by Western philosophy, and that this concept is part and parcel of and cannot be detached from his philo sophical venture. By following two major shibboleths, jouissance and language, we trace the deconstr…Read more
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Spacing Ethics: Levinas with the Ethical TraditionDissertation, Purdue University. 1996.This work explores the relationship between the ethical aspect of the philosophy of Emannuel Levinas and the Western tradition of political ethics, through an examination of three major themes--Time, Desire and Law--that traditionally have been the stepping stones for the development of discourses on political ethics. We read "his" texts "with" other texts which function as spaces of alterity that disturb and solicit the "original" and expose "other" meanings. Insofar as ethics is defined by the…Read more
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Purdue UniversityUnknown
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |