The Ethics of Visuality : Levinas and the Contemporary Gaze

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Abstract

Outlining an original philosophical argument on the place of visuality in Levinas' ethics, Kenaan looks at the concepts of his work and articulates his vision of 'otherness' together with the visual tropes of the human face as symbolic of alterity and transcendence
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon ; New York, NY
PublisherI. B. Tauris
Number of pages154
ISBN (Print)9781780765150
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameInternational library of contemporary philosophy ; 3
PublisherI. B. Tauris

Keywords

  • Lévinas
  • Emmanuel
  • Левинас
  • Эммануэль
  • לוינס
  • עמנואל
  • 1906-1995
  • ليفيناس، ايمانويل، 1906-1995
  • Gaze -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • Other (Philosophy)
  • אחר (פילוסופיה)
  • מבט -- היבטים מוסריים ואתיים

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