{"product_id":"9781350275027","title":"Levinas Dictionary","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Philosophy Dictionaries\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLevinas Dictionary\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDonna Orange | Joseph Cohen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Movements \/ Phenomenology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhile his work speaks very powerfully to the contemporary age, the language of Emmanuel Levinas can seem difficult to approach.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dictionary gives the reader access to the terms he used to build his arguments, including those he employed idiosyncratically and invented. It also includes terms from phenomenology to which he gave new meanings, and which focused his critique of Western philosophy. By including original French words as well as the English, \u003ci\u003eThe L\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003ci\u003evinas Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e makes the work of this central figure in 20th-century philosophy more easily readable in translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach term explored belongs to one or more of three periods of the work he regarded as properly philosophical: 1) pre-1940; 2) 1940-1960, including the writing of his magnum opus \u003ci\u003eTotality\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInfinity\u003c\/i\u003e and 3) 1960-1995, including his second great work, \u003ci\u003eOtherwise than Being\u003c\/i\u003e. Entries show how the terms appear, develop, or mutate over the course of his work in the phenomenology of radical ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding an intellectual biography and a chronology of Levinas' life and work, a list of primary sources in French and English, as well as secondary sources and a glossary, \u003ci\u003eThe Levinas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e will provide a broad and far-reaching introduction to a thinker whose work has only become more relevant to contemporary theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Cohen \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland. His previous publications include: \u003ci\u003eLe spectre juif de Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eLe sacrifice de Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and A\u003ci\u003elternances de la métaphysique. Essais sur Emmanuel Levinas\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He also co-edited, with Raphael Zagury-Orly, \u003ci\u003eJudéités. Questions pour Jacques Derrida\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Orange \u003c\/b\u003ewas Assistant Professor in Psychoanalysis, NYU, USA and Visiting Professor of Phenomenology in Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, Duquesne University, USA. She is author of numerous books on philosophy, psychiatry and ethics including \u003ci\u003eClimate Crisis, Psychoanalysis, and Radical Ethics \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), and  \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350275027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936225525900,"sku":"9781350275027","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_8ee3ce15-055e-4b93-971c-7aac531e9ba2.jpg?v=1786015403","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350275027","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}