Time and the Other

Time and the Other contains a series of essays presented as lectures in 1946-47 at the College Philosophique in Paris, along with additional essays dealing with time, sociality, and ethics. This work represents, along with Existence and Existents, the first formulation of Levinas's own philosophy, later more fully developed in other works. Beginning with an analysis of existence without existents, Time and the Other then describes the origination of the subject, and moves through its encounter with another person.

Subject
philosophy
Themes
morality
Audience
adult
Length
short · 158 pages

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