As Emmanuel Levinas states in the preface to Existence and Existents, “this study is a preparatory one. It examines . . . the problem of the Good, time, and the relationship with the other [person] as a movement toward the Good.” First published in 1947, and written mostly during Levinas's imprisonment during World War II, this work provides the first sketch of his mature thoug...
As Emmanuel Levinas states in the preface to Existence and Existents, “this study is a preparatory one. It examines . . . the problem of the Good, time, and the relationship with the other [person] as a movement toward the Good.” First published in 1947, and written mostly during Levinas's imprisonment during World War II, this work provides the first sketch of his mature thought⎯later developed fully in Totality and Infinity and Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence. This new edition marks the first time this important work has been made available in an inexpensive paperback edition. Levinas's project in Existence and Existents is to move from anonymous existence to the emergence of subjectivity; to subjectivity's practice, theory and morality; to its encounter with the alterity of the other person. He is concerned here primarily with the time of the solitary subject; time is the inner structure of subjectivity, of the movement of existing. “Levinas's work,” says Alphonso Lingis, “contains not only wholly new analyses of the forms of time⎯of the present, the past, the future⎯but also a new conception of the work of time.” Beginning with Existence and Existents, then, it is possible to begin tracing the progressive “alterization” of time as it unfolds across the development of Levinas's entire philosophy. As a “preparatory” study, Existence and Existents introduces the major themes and concerns that occupied Levinas throughout his career. This is essential reading for understanding both Levinas's own philosophy and the developments in philosophical thought in the twentieth century.
Emmanuel Levinas, a major voice in twentieth century philosophical thought, died in late 1995. After studying under Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger in the late 1920s, Levinas went on to develop a philosophical system that placed ethics at its center. His writings have influenced several generations of French philosophers, including Jacques Derrida, and have won him an admir...
Emmanuel Levinas, a major voice in twentieth century philosophical thought, died in late 1995. After studying under Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger in the late 1920s, Levinas went on to develop a philosophical system that placed ethics at its center. His writings have influenced several generations of French philosophers, including Jacques Derrida, and have won him an admiring audience among theologians.
畏从任何角度来看都不是一种面对死亡的焦虑。根据列维•布留尔的说法,原始人类面对死亡,就如同面对任何自然现般,完全无动于衷。主体在恐惧中被剥夺的是他的主体性、他进行私密存在( existence)的能力。他被去人格化了。“恶心”这种对存在( existence)的感受还称不上是一种去人格化。而相反,畏则翻转一个主体的主体性以及他作为存在者的特征。它就意味着对iya的参与。这是一种回归到一切否定之中的il y a,“无路可逃”( sans issue)的il y a。或许可以说,这意味着求死不得,意味着存在( existence)无所不在,直到它自身毁灭之时亦然。 (查看原文)
2 有用 貓公子 2015-02-13 14:29:51
超前的天才之作,其中蘊含著許多原創性的洞見。
0 有用 波士顿驴 2022-10-23 00:31:44 上海
genesis of world