> > ---------- > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > This is to remind everyone that for the Lent Term, we are starting a new > Seminar/Reading-Group on Emmanuel Levinas' Autrement qu’être ou au-delà de > l’essence/Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence (1974). > > (see also the website: > https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/researchareas/readinggroups/levinas-reading-group > > With Levinas, there is a resurgence of Platonism in Structuralist and > Post-Structuralist thought. This is quite visible in his usage of such > expressions as “l’autre de l’être”, “autrement qu’être”, or “au-delà de > l’essence”. Levinas places himself both at the centre and in the margins of > various traditions. Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence can be seen as an > expression of his idiosyncratic (Neo-)Platonism, and a critic of contemporary > philosophy, which he characterized as anti-Platonist. In this investigations, > Levinas accomplishes a radical turn and a complete “retournement de l’ordre > des choses”. > > We would read the English translation of Alphonso Lingis (1991), along side > the French text of the 1974 edition. > > The Reading-Group will start on Tuesday, January 15, from 14:00 to 15:30, at > the Faculty of Divinity, room 4. > > Please spread the word and / or forward this email to everyone potentially > interested. Everybody is welcome. > > Hoping to see you in number, > > Adrian > > -- > Dr Adrian Mihai > > British Academy Newton International Fellow Faculty of Divinity University of > Cambridge https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-adrian-mihai >
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