Longing for the other
Subtitle: Levinas and metaphysical desire
By: Drew M. Dalton.
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780820704258
Subjects: Lévinas, Emmanuel; Desire (Philosophy); Other (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Levinas and the problem of human longing; title: The origins, aim, and ends of human longing: Levinas and Plato in dialogue; title: Longing and striving for the beyond: Levinas and Heidegger in dialogue; title: The ethics of longing: Levinas and Fichte in dialogue; title: The metaphysics of longing and creature-consciousness: Levinas and Schelling in dialogue; title: Longing and the numinous: Levinas and Otto in dialogue.