In the time of the nations
By: Emmanuel Levinas ; translated by Michael B. Smith.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Judaism; Philosophy, Jewish
Description: The 'nations' of the title are the 'seventy nations': in the Talmudic idiom, the whole of humanity surrounding Israel. In this major collection of essays, Levinas considers Judaism's uncertain relationship to European culture since the Enlightenment, problems of distance and integration.

It also includes five Talmudic readings from between 1981 and 1986, essays on Franz Rosenzweig and Moses Mendelssohn, and a discussion with Francoise Armengaud which raises questions of central importance to Jewish philosophy in the context of general philosophy. This work brings to the fore the vital encounter between philosophy and Judaism, a hallmark of Levinas's thought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-190) and indexes.
Originally published: Paris : Les Éditions de Minuit, 1988.