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CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Levinas and the Disruption of Knowledge

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and Languages (CIDRAL)
Dates:20 April 2016
Times:15:00 - 17:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
How much:Free
Who is it for:University staff, Adults, Current University students
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This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series.

Professor Alex Samely (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester) will lead a seminar on the work of Emmanuel Levinas.

The session explores the link which Levinas draws between encountering the Other (Face) and knowing/not-knowing, the constitution of self-consciousness, temporality and ethics.

Readings for the session, in order of priority are:

1. E. Levinas, Time and the Other, trans. R. A. Cohen (Pittsburgh: Duquesne UP, 1987), pp. 39-94 2. E. Levinas, Totality and Infinity, trans. A. Lingis (Pittsburgh, Duquesne UP, 1969), pp. 202-226 3. As background: Simon Critchley, The Problem with Levinas (Oxford: OUP 2015), pp. 1-30

Readings available at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h0zcxjehu9vv2nv/AACd7X80hJ4AB4ucqsWPFzWPa?dl=0

Price: Free

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