Totality and Infinity

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gptkbp:instanceOf philosophical work
gptkbp:author gptkb:Emmanuel_Levinas
gptkbp:citedBy theologians
philosophers
social theorists
gptkbp:discusses infinity
responsibility
the role of community
the other
the concept of justice
the relationship between ethics and politics
the self
the significance of the body
the relationship between ethics and metaphysics
totality
the concept of the Other
the concept of hospitality
the nature of responsibility
the ethical implications of the face-to-face encounter
ethics of alterity
the concept of the infinite responsibility.
the critique of totalizing philosophies
the idea of peace
the implications of alterity
the implications of ethical subjectivity
the nature of the self in relation to the Other
the role of desire in ethics
the significance of the Other in ethics
gptkbp:explores the relationship between self and other
the concept of freedom
the nature of existence
the role of language
the limits of philosophy
the nature of ethics
the idea of infinity in ethics
the implications of totality
gptkbp:focusesOn metaphysics
subjectivity
ethical relations
gptkbp:follows Time and the Other
gptkbp:genre philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Totality and Infinity
gptkbp:impact contemporary philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Edmund_Husserl
Martin Heidegger
Søren Kierkegaard
gptkbp:influences existentialism
phenomenology
gptkbp:language French
gptkbp:majorIndustry ethics
gptkbp:notableQuote "The face is the sign of the infinite."
"To be is to be for the Other."
gptkbp:publishedIn 1961
gptkbp:relatedPatent Otherwise than Being
Totality_and_Infinity:_An_Essay_on_the_Philosophy_of_Emmanuel_Levinas
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Spanish
English
German