Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics Although this book outlines the major differences between Levinas and Judith Butler on the one hand and Lacan, Slavoj iek.Levinas and Lacan, two giants of contemporary theory, represent schools of thought that seem poles apart. For both Le
| TITLE | : | Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.97 (225 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1628926392 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 240 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2015-07-30 |
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Levinas and Lacan, two giants of contemporary theory, represent schools of thought that seem poles apart. In this major new work, Mari Ruti charts the ethical terrain between them. At first glance, Levinansian and Lacanian approaches may seem more or less incompatible, and in many ways they are, particularly in their understanding of the self-other relationship. For both Levinas and Lacan, the subject's relationship to the other is primary in the sense that the subject, literally, does not exist without the other, but they see the challenge of ethics quite differently: while Levinas laments our failure to adequately meet the ethical demand arising from the other, Lacan laments the consequences of our failure to adequately escape the forms this demand frequently takes. Although this book outlines the major differences between Levinas and Judith Butler on the one hand and Lacan, Slavoj iek
EDITORIAL :
“Ruti brilliantly elucidates a wholly original and utterly compelling argument for re-thinking the post-Enlightenment ethical subject. She does this by demonstrating how some of our most deeply held theoretical paradigms hinge on false oppositions: between the universal and the singular; the subject and the other; agency and subjectivity, etc. Like a magical tour guide, Ruti takes us on a completely fresh journey through previously familiar lands: unsettling received wisdoms so comprehensively and so sensibly that it becomes impossible to recall how one could have ever seen it otherwise.” Jennifer Friedlander, Edgar E. and Elizabeth S. Pankey Professor and Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pomona College, USA
“An extraordinarily balanced book. By showing that Lacan and Levinas are both influenced by the enlightenment conception of subjectivity, Betwe
REVIEW :
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