Publication

1994 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads3935451
  • LibraryThing1658541

Classifications

  • DDC181/.06
  • LCCBM504.2 .L43513 1994

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.

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