Unknowability, Persecution, and the Ethical Bind: Reading through the Works of Sigmund Freud and Emmanuel Lévinas

This paper shows how persecution is a condition that binds each in an ethical obligation. Persecution is functionally defined here as an impinging, affective relation, one that is neither mediated by reason nor open to apology. The works of Sigmund Freud help illuminate the psychological mechanism r...

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Main Author: Valerie Oved Giovanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University 2018-09-01
Series:Avant
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Online Access:http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/V_O_Giovanini-Unknowability.pdf