Driven Back to the Text : The Premodern Sources of Levinas's Postmodernism

by Oona Ajzenstat

This book's intent is to observe how Levinas reads certain of the foundational texts of the Jewish tradition and why he reads the way he does. Coverage includes the structure of Levinas's thought, Biblical references in Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence , kabbalistic motifs, and Levinas's reading of the Talmud. The volume concludes with an analysis of the philosophy in "Useless Suffering," Levinas's essay on the Holocaust. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

388 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001