The work of Emmanuel Levinas is difficult to place. Is it correct to call it “Jewish” philosophy? And if so – what should we make of the “Christian” motifs in his writings? Is his emphasis on the responsibility for “the otherness of the other” an approach to Jewish morality?

In the seminar we will study the accessible but still complex essays collected in his volume Difficult Freedom as well as his important (but more difficult) work Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence.
The work of Emmanuel Levinas is difficult to place. Is it correct to call it “Jewish” philosophy? And if so – what should we make of the “Christian” motifs in his writings? Is his emphasis on the responsibility for “the otherness of the other” an approach to Jewish morality?
In the seminar we will study the accessible but still complex essays collected in his volume Difficult Freedom as well as his important (but more difficult) work Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence.