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Jew-Greek Redux: Knowing What We Do Not Know On Diane Perpich’s <i>The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas</i>

Jew-Greek Redux: Knowing What We Do Not Know On Diane Perpich’s The Ethics of Emmanuel... schol arly dialogue Jew-Greek Redux Knowing What We Do Not Know On Diane Perpich’s The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas Claire Kat z Columbine, Judgment Ridge, 9 /11, the killing spree at Virginia Tech, and the banal violent events we encounter on a daily basis indicate that while the other might be teaching us—as Emmanuel Levinas says in Totality and Infi nity —many of us are not learning; or, put differently, while the face of the other commands us not to murder, many are not obeying. To say that the face teaches does not help us if we are not open to that particular kind of learning. To say that the face commands seems empty if the command is persistently and horrifi cally violated. At the very least, this persistent violation requires us to ask what the command is and what the fact that it is continually violated means. Diane Perpich addresses this particular point in her recent book, The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas . Let me begin by making a few general remarks. I am grateful for Perpich’s hard work, evidenced in the analyses in this book, which is elegantly written, rigorously argued, and impressively researched. The task that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png philoSOPHIA State University of New York Press

Jew-Greek Redux: Knowing What We Do Not Know On Diane Perpich’s <i>The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas</i>

Katz, Claire Elise,
philoSOPHIA , Volume 1 (1) – Jun 4, 2012
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schol arly dialogue Jew-Greek Redux Knowing What We Do Not Know On Diane Perpich’s The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas Claire Kat z Columbine, Judgment Ridge, 9 /11, the killing spree at Virginia Tech, and the banal violent events we encounter on a daily basis indicate that while the other might be teaching us—as Emmanuel Levinas says in Totality and Infi nity —many of us are not learning; or, put differently, while the face of the other commands us not to murder, many are not obeying. To say that the face teaches does not help us if we are not open to that particular kind of learning. To say that the face commands seems empty if the command is persistently and horrifi cally violated. At the very least, this persistent violation requires us to ask what the command is and what the fact that it is continually violated means. Diane Perpich addresses this particular point in her recent book, The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas . Let me begin by making a few general remarks. I am grateful for Perpich’s hard work, evidenced in the analyses in this book, which is elegantly written, rigorously argued, and impressively researched. The task that

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Published: Jun 4, 2012

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