Was Levinas an Antiphilosopher? Archi-ethics and the Jewish Experience of the Prisoner

Authors

  • Matthew R. McLennan Saint Paul University
  • Deniz Guvenc University of Ottawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jffp.2015.690

Keywords:

Levinas, Badiou, Antiphilosophy, Ethics, Judaism, Captivity

Abstract

This paper explores Levinas’s Carnets de captivité and Écrits sur la captivité in light of Badiou’s category of ‘antiphilosophy’. We make four movements: firstly, a description of what antiphilosophy is; secondly, an explanation of why the category of antiphilosophy is important to a reading of Levinas; thirdly, an exposition of the antiphilosophical elements of the Carnets and Écrits on captivity; and fourthly, we situate our reading of the notebooks within the larger context of Levinas’s post-captivity work. 

Author Biographies

Matthew R. McLennan, Saint Paul University

Assistant Professor, Department of Ethics and Public Governance, Saint Paul University

Deniz Guvenc, University of Ottawa

MA Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

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2015-12-07

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