Face to Face in Dialogue Emmanuel Levinas and

This book examines the implication of Emmanuel Levinas' philosophy of ethics for the theory, criticism, and practice of human communication.

Jeffrey W. Murray is currently working as an independent scholar and novelist in Rochester, New York

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Communication of Ethics
Ethics and the Face of the Other	p. 21
Twin Crises for Ethics	p. 21
Emmanuel Levinas's Phenomenology of the Other	p. 29
Notes to Chapter 1	p. 44
The Face in Dialogue	p. 51
The Rhetoric of the Self and the Face of the Other	p. 51
The Face, Ideology, and Dialogue	p. 60
Notes to Chapter 2	p. 66
The Face in Dialogue: A Rhetoric of Disruption	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Martha Courtot: "A Spoiled Identity"	p. 74
Speaking for Others and Speaking with Others	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 87
Notes to Chapter 3	p. 90
The Face in Dialogue: A Rhetoric of Supplication	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
Dead Man Walking: Sister Helen Prejean	p. 97
Anne Sullivan: The Gift of the Face	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 108
Notes to Chapter 4	p. 109
The Communication of Justice
Ethics and Politics at the End of Postmodernity	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Foundationalism versus Relativism	p. 115
The Other Beyond Foundationalism and Relativism	p. 122
The Communicative Structure of Politics	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 133
Notes to Chapter 5	p. 135
From Ethics to Justice: A Dialogical Prioritization of Calls	p. 139
Introduction	p. 140
From Interpersonal Ethics to Social Justice	p. 142
The Phenomenology of Justice	p. 151
A Dialogical Prioritization of Calls	p. 155
Conclusion	p. 159
Notes to Chapter 6	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 173
Index	p. 183
Author's Biographical Sketch	p. 187
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