Lingis contests holistic conceptions of phenomenology and existential philosophy, and he refutes the primacy of perception and the practicable world. By contrast, he seeks to elucidate the substantive (sensual and excitable) body. He shows that in contact with other sentient beings, an imperative that is addressed to us precedes and makes possible their capacity to order us with the meanings of their words and gestures. Written in clear, vivid language free of all unnecessary technical jargon.

Sensation: Intelligibility in Sensibility (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences)

Politics & Social Sciences

Alphonso Lingis

Philosophy

Humanities Press International, Inc.

The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common

Indiana University Press

<p>Influenced in part by the dialogical philosophies of Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber,Totality and Infinity departs from the ethically neutral tradition of ontology to analyze the "face-to-face" relation with the Other. First published in English by Duquesne in 1969, this has become one of the classics of modern philosophy. Fully indexed.</p>

Totality and Infinity (Philosophical Series)

Emmanuel Lévinas

XanEdu Publishing, Inc.

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