Debating Levinas’ Legacy

Andris Breitling, Ph.D. (2005), Technische Universität Berlin, Dr. phil. habil. (2014), Universität Rostock, is Professor for Ethics, Social Philosophy, and Theory of Culture at the Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany. He has published a monograph on Paul Ricœur’s thinking of history, Möglichkeitsdichtung – Wirklichkeitssinn (Fink, 2007).Chris Bremmers, Ph.D. (2000), Radboud University Nijmegen, is Senior Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. He translated Levinas' 'Totality and Infinity' and Heidegger's 'Letter on Humanism' into Dutch, (co)edited volumes on hermeneutic phenomenology and Heidegger and published on Heidegger and various topics at the intersection of phenomenology, poetics, and ethics.Arthur Cools, Ph.D. (2003), KULeuven, is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophy of Art at the University of Antwerp. He is the author of Langage et subjectivity. Vers une approche du différend entre Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas (Peeters, 2007) and co-edited The Locus of Tragedy (Brill, 2008), among others.

"Overall, Debating Levinas' Legacy provides new insights into the traditional problems that have been central issues for Levinas scholars…The fact that the book combines essays written in English with essays in German and French testifies to its appreciation of the plurality of philosophical languages and adds to its international appeal." - Geoffrey Dierckxsens, University of Antwerp, in: Ethical Perspectives 23 (2016) 3

• The ContributorsEditors’ PrefacePart One: First Philosophy, Phenomenology, and EthicsLevinas’ defence of intellectualism: an undecidable ambiguity?, Arthur CoolsSingularity without identity in Levinas, László Tengelyi †The inhuman core of human dignity. Levinas and beyond, Rudi ViskerThe human person: vulnerability and responsiveness. Reflections on human dignity, religio and the other’s voice, Burkhard LiebschThe deformalization of time, Stefano MicaliSchlaflosigkeit, Elisabeth WeberPart Two: Phenomenology and its Theological Turn?Twisting ways. Emmanuel Levinas on how not to talk about God, Roger BurggraeveMetaphysics in phenomenology. Levinas and the ‘Theological Turn’, Eddo EvinkThe holy text and violence. Levinas and fundamentalism, Marcel PoorthuisIdentity: gaining it by losing it? The notion of kenosis, Renée D.N. van RiessenPart Three: Ethics and AestheticsAntlitz und Porträt. Überlegungen zu Kunst und Ethik im Denken von Emmanuel Levinas, Thomas BaumeisterÀ l’écoute de l’invisible, Sylvie Courtine-Denamy †Abstraction et expression dans les arts plastiques, Jacques de VisscherPart Four: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Deconstruction, Zur responsiven Dimension der Sprache und ihren Implikationen auf das menschliche Selbstverständnis. Überlegungen zum Verhältnis zwischen Heidegger und Levinas, Matthias FlatscherThe risk and promise of communication. Levinas and Ricoeur on language, responsibility, and recognition, Andris BreitlingThe contaminated wound: Derrida on the language of Levinas, Gert-Jan van der Heiden“Auf das Unerwartete gefaßt sein” – Über die Grenzen der Geschichte nach Heidegger, Derrida und Levinas, Alwin LetzkusL’hymen de Lévinas, Michel LisseSuffering and humour in Søren Kierkegaard and Emmanuel Levinas, Johan Taels