Was Levinas an Antiphilosopher? Archi-ethics and the Jewish Experience of the Prisoner

This paper explores Levinas’s Carnets de captivité and Écrits sur la captivité in light of Badiou’s category of ‘antiphilosophy’. We make four movements: firstly, a description of what antiphilosophy is; secondly, an explanation of why the category of antiphilosophy is important to a reading of Levi...

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Main Authors: Matthew R. McLennan, Deniz Guvenc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
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Online Access:http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/690