First Philosophy, Phenomenology, and Ethics

The contributions of this volume discuss the legacy of Emmanuel Levinas’ philosophy. Examining critically the limits of his thinking, they also bear witness to its influence, thus demonstrating the significance of his groundbreaking project of establishing ethics as first philosophy

Andris Breitling, Ph.D. (2005), Technische Universitat Berlin, Dr. phil. habil. (2014), Universitat Rostock, is Professor for Ethics, Social Philosophy, and Theory of Culture at the Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany. He has published a monograph on Paul Ric?ur’s thinking of history, Moglichkeitsdichtung – Wirklichkeitssinn (Fink, 2007).Chris Bremmers, Ph.D. (2000), Radboud University Nijmegen, is Senior Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. He translated Levinas' 'Totality and Infinity' and Heidegger's 'Letter on Humanism' into Dutch, (co)edited volumes on hermeneutic phenomenology and Heidegger and published on Heidegger and various topics at the intersection of phenomenology, poetics, and ethics.Arthur Cools, Ph.D. (2003), KULeuven, is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophy of Art at the University of Antwerp. He is the author ofLangage et subjectivity. Vers une approche du differend entre Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas (Peeters, 2007) and co-editedThe Locus of Tragedy<\i> (Brill, 2008), among others.