Levinas and the Political

Howard Caygill is in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College.

• Key to Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Presentiments of National Socialism Political Horror Liberty, Equality and Fraternity Phenomenology and Freedom Philosophy and National Socialism Guide for the Persecuted Chapter Two: The Post-War Political The Consequences of National SocialismThe Haunted Peace The Critique of Political Ontology: Towards Totality and Infinity 'Being Jewish'/'Being Western': Towards Otherwise than Being Israel: Between Totality and the Ethical Chapter Three: Between War and Peace: the Burdens of Totality and Infinity Totality and War From Lucidity to Vigilance: The Questions of Totality and Infinity War in Peace War and the Other Peace and the 'Work of Justice' Chapter Four: Prophetic Politics or 'Othewise than Freedom' Difficult Freedom Otherwise than Being I: The Ontological Supplement Otherwise than Being II: Proximity and Substitution Illeity and Phophetic Politics The Rights of Man and Citizen Chapter Five: Israel in Universal and Holy History Levinas's Right to Silence The Passion of Israel Israel and Messianic Politics Israel and Jewish Identity Threatening Others Assimilation