Ontology in Emmanuel Levinas's philosophy | Posted on:2012-01-16 | Degree:Ph.D | Type:Thesis | University:Loyola University Chicago | Candidate:Bautista, Stacy C | Full Text:PDF | GTID:2465390011964874 | Subject:Ethics | Abstract/Summary: | | Taking the notion of the il y a, its prehistory and eventual fate, as an index of the development of the problem of being in Levinas's work, this thesis argues that Levinas's philosophy does not respond to a consistently articulated problem. He eventually transforms ontological evil into social evil, a shift that is visible in his handling of il y a. | Keywords/Search Tags: | Levinas's | | Related items |
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