The I's Relationship to the other as Transcendent, Foundational, and Ethical in Levinas' Totality and Infinity
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Authors
Hanna, Eric James John
Issue Date
2013-07
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
Levinas, Emmanuel , Other , I , Human experience , Transcendence (Philosophy) , Experience , Human development , Caregiver , Interpersonal relationships
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Abstract
An interpretation and application of the key insights about the I and the other from Emmanuel Levinas' book: Totality and Infinity. The first chapter interprets Levinas' terminology, specifically his notions of the I and the other, and shows how he describes human experience. The second chapter explores how the other is transcendent to the I as a site of ongoing possibility for the significance of experience, how the other founds the I during human development in the person of the caregiver, and how the I's basic relationship to the other has an ethical character. The third chapter applies these insights to show how they can lead to a more authentic living out of interpersonal relationships and to better ways of thinking about human living in social and political contexts.
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Institute for Christian Studies