Totality and Infinity
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Totality and Infinity is a seminal 1961 philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that critiques Western ontology and develops an ethics grounded in the face-to-face encounter with the Other.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Totality and Infinity canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Emmanuel Levinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
desire for the Infinite
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ethics as first philosophy ⓘ exteriority ⓘ face-to-face relation ⓘ infinite responsibility ⓘ separation ⓘ the face of the Other ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Western ontology
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totalizing thought ⓘ |
| genre |
continental philosophy
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ethics ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
deconstructive ethics
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political philosophy ⓘ post-structuralist ethics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Part I: The Same and the Other
NERFINISHED
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Part II: Interior and Economy ⓘ Part III: Exteriority and the Face NERFINISHED ⓘ Part IV: Beyond the Face NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Jewish ethical thought ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
alterity
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ethics ⓘ face-to-face encounter ⓘ infinity ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ responsibility ⓘ the Other NERFINISHED ⓘ totality ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
ethics as first philosophy
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primacy of the Other ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Totalité et Infini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalClaim |
ethics precedes ontology
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the Other cannot be reduced to the Same ⓘ the face of the Other commands ethical responsibility ⓘ totality is opposed to infinity ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Jewish philosophy
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| structure | four-part work ⓘ |
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