An-Archy and Justice An Introduction to

An-Archy and Justice reveals how Emmanuel Levinas' thought moves from an an-archichal ethics based on the face of the Other to an embrace of the modern liberal state. Author William Paul Simmons argues that by grounding the liberal state in this an-archical ethic, Levinas' philosophy provides a new foundation and new possibilities for key concepts of political thought such as natural rights, freedom, humanism, and international relations.

William Paul Simmons is Assistant Professor at Bethany College.

Preface

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Introduction: Intellectual Biography, Judaism, and the Possibility of a Levinasian Politics

1

(18)

Autonomy, Totality, and Anti-Humanism: Levinas's Critique of the Western Philosophical Tradition

19

(16)

Levinasian Ethics I: Totality and Infinity

35

(12)

Levinasian Ethics II: Otherwise than Being

47

(18)

Ethics and Politics: An-Archy and Justice

65

(14)

Why Tell this Long Story about the Face? Levinas and Liberal Political Thought

79

(18)

Levinas's Humanism of the Other as a Response to Modern and Postmodern Anti-Humanisms

97

(14)

Zionism, Place, and the Other: Toward a Levinasian International Relations

111

(6)

Conclusion: The Questioning of Levinas

117

(10)

Bibliography

127

(12)

Index

139

(4)

About the Author

143

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An-Archy and Justice An Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas's Political Thought

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