Death as Boundary: On a Key Question of Emmanuel Levinas
In contrast to idealistic denial and Heidegger’s absolutization of death Levinas tries to interpret death on the background of the ethical relation towards fellow men. The boundary which death presents to life he interprets as the experience of passivity of subject in front of the absolute otherness...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for the Advancement of Philosophy
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Prolegomena |
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| Online Access: | http://hrcak.srce.hr./index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=29764&lang=en |