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In the Margins of Deconstruction

Jewish Conceptions of Ethics in Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida

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  1. Martin C. Srajek

    1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 32)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Text

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 24-50

  4. The Absolute

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 51-83

  5. Agency

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 84-102

  6. Community

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 103-131

  7. Transition

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 132-141

  8. The Text

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 142-170

  9. The Absolute

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 171-196

  10. Agency

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 197-229

  11. Community

    • Martin C. Srajek
    Pages 230-261

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 262-288
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About this book

Although this book is a study of the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, it would be mistaken to refer to it as a comparison. The book develops a framework which might aide the reader of Levinas and Derrida in determining the scope and significance of their respective projects as far as a discourse of the sacred is concerned. It does so by emphasizing their status as philosophers whose thought correlates but does not compare. Within this correlation, without obscuring either their differences or similarities, we can see a common framework that consists of the following elements. First, it is clear from what and how Derrida and Levinas have written that the general import of their work lies in the area of ethics. However, in many ways it would be justifiable to say that their work is not about ethics at all. Neither of them proposes a moral theory; neither is interested in discussing the question of values vs. social norms, duty vs. virtue and other issues that might pertain to the area of ethics. To be sure, these issues do come up in their work, yet they are treated in a peculiarly different way. For Derrida and Levinas, ethics is not so much an inquiry into the problems of right and wrong but an inquiry into the problem of the ethical constitutedness of human beings.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

    Martin C. Srajek

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In the Margins of Deconstruction

  • Book Subtitle: Jewish Conceptions of Ethics in Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida

  • Authors: Martin C. Srajek

  • Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5198-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4953-2Published: 31 January 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6188-9Published: 08 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5198-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0923-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 288

  • Topics: Phenomenology, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, general, Modern Philosophy

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