Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2010

Department

Philosophy

Keywords

phenomenology, Levinas, time, ethics, phenomenological, theology

Abstract

At the heart of Levinas’ work is an account of subjectivity that is premised on his account of temporality. In this regard, Levinas is like many other phenomenologists. However, in order to understand Levinas in this manner, we must first reconceive what Levinas means by ‘ethics’, so we can see the fundamental continuity in his accounts of subjectivity and temporality. By understanding the continuities, not just within but also between, Levinas’ ethical subject and his futural temporality, we are able to reconceive of the scope and method of phenomenology, so as to adequately assess Levinas’ influence in that discipline.

Comments

Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2010

Source Publication Title

Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

Publisher

Canadian Philosophical Association

Volume

49

Issue

2

First Page

223

DOI

10.1017/S0012217310000259

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