Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne and the director of the Ecole Normale Superieur Israélite Orientale, France, until his death. His major works include Totality and Infinity (1961) and Otherwise than Being (1974).

The most definitive, accessible, and cogently argued statement of his philosophy that Levinas ever published. What makes Entre Nous so remarkable is that it summarizes and clarifies the central arguments of his long career.

• Translator's Acknowledgments Author's Preface 1 Is Ontology Fundamental? 2 The I and the Totality 3 Levy-Bruhl and Contemporary Philosophy 4 A Man-God? 5 A New Rationality: On Gabriel Marcel 6 Hermeneutics and the Beyond 7 Philosophy and Awakening 8 Useless Suffering 9 Philosophy, Justice, and Love 10 Nonintentional Consciousness 11 From the One to the Other: Transcendence and Time 12 The Rights of Man and Good Will 13 Diachrony and Representation 14 The Philosophical Determination of the Idea of Culture 15 Uniqueness 16 Totality and Infinity. Preface to the German Edition 17 Dialogue on Thinking-of-the-Other 18 'Dying For . . . ' 19 The Idea of the Infinite in Us 20 The Other, Utopia, and Justice Notes Index