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Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority

Emmanuel Lévinas

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Preface.- Section I. The Same and the Other.- A. Metaphysics and Transcendence.- 1. Desire for the Invisible.- 2. The Breach of Totality.- 3. Transcendence Is Not Negativity.- 4. Metaphysics Precedes Ontology.- 5. Transcendence as the Idea of Infinity.- B. Separation and Discourse.- 1. Atheism or the Will.- 2. Truth.- 3. Discourse.- 4. Rhetoric and Injustice.- 5. Discourse and Ethics.- 6. The Metaphysical and the Human.- 7. The Face to Face-An Irreducible Relation.- C. Truth and Justice.- 1. Freedom Called into Question.- 2. The Investiture of Freedom, or Critique.- 3. Truth Presupposes Justice.- D. Separation and the Absolute.- Section II. Interiority and Economy.- A. Separation as Life.- 1. Intentionality and the Social Relation.- 2. Living from... (Enjoyment) The Notion of Accomplishment.- 3. Enjoyment and Independence.- 4. Need and Corporeity.- 5. Affectivity as the Ipseity of the I.- 6. The I of Enjoyment Is Neither Biological Nor Sociological.- B. Enjoyment and Representation.- 1. Representation and Constitution.- 2. Enjoyment and Nourishment.- 3. Element and Things, Implements.- 4. Sensibility.- 5. The Mythical Format of the Element.- C. I and Dependence.- 1. Joy and Its Morrows.- 2. The Love of Life.- 3. Enjoyment and Separation.- D. The Dwelling.- 1. Habitation.- 2. Habitation and the Feminine.- 3. The Home and Possession.- 4. Possession and Labor.- 5. Labor and the Body. Consciousness.- 6. The Freedom of Representation and Gift.- E. The World of Phenomena and Expression.- 1. Separation Is An Economy.- 2. Works and Expression.- 3. Phenomenon and Being.- Section III. Exteriority and the Face.- A. Sensibility and the Face.- B. Ethics and the Face.- 1. Infinity and the Face.- 2. Ethics and the Face.- 3. Reason and the Face.- 4. Discourse Founds Signification.- 5. Language and Objectivity.- 6. The Other and the Others.- 7. The Asymmetry of the Interpersonal.- 8. Will and Reason.- C. The Ethical Relation and Time.- 1. Subjectivity and Pluralism.- 2. Commerce, the Historical Relation, and the Face.- 3. The Will and Death.- 4. Time and the Will: Patience.- 5. The Truth of the Will.- Section IV. Beyond the Face.- A. The Ambiguity of Love.- B. Phenomenology of Eros.- C. Fecundity.- D. Subjectivity in Eros.- E. Transcendence and Fecundity.- F. Filiality and Fraternity.- G. The Infinity of Time.- Conclusions.- 1. From the Like to the Same.- 2. Being Is Exteriority.- 3. The Finite and the Infinite.- 4. Creation.- 5. Exteriority and Language.- 6. Expression and Image.- 7. Against the Philosophy of the Neuter.- 8. Subjectivity.- 9. The Maintenance of Subjectivity The Reality of the Inner Life and the Reality of the State The Meaning of Subjectivity.- 10. Beyond Being.- 11. Freedom Invested.- 12. Being as Goodness-the I-Pluralism-Peace.

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Preface.- Section I. The Same and the Other.- A. Metaphysics and Transcendence.- 1. Desire for the Invisible.- 2. The Breach of Totality.- 3. Transcendence Is Not Negativity.- 4. Metaphysics Precedes Ontology.- 5. Transcendence as the Idea of Infinity.- B. Separation and Discourse.- 1. Atheism or the Will.- 2. Truth.- 3. Discourse.- 4. Rhetoric and Injustice.- 5. Discourse and Ethics.- 6. The Metaphysical and the Human.- 7. The Face to Face-An Irreducible Relation.- C. Truth and Justice.- 1. Freedom Called into Question.- 2. The Investiture of Freedom, or Critique.- 3. Truth Presupposes Justice.- D. Separation and the Absolute.- Section II. Interiority and Economy.- A. Separation as Life.- 1. Intentionality and the Social Relation.- 2. Living from... (Enjoyment) The Notion of Accomplishment.- 3. Enjoyment and Independence.- 4. Need and Corporeity.- 5. Affectivity as the Ipseity of the I.- 6. The I of Enjoyment Is Neither Biological Nor Sociological.- B. Enjoyment and Representation.- 1. Representation and Constitution.- 2. Enjoyment and Nourishment.- 3. Element and Things, Implements.- 4. Sensibility.- 5. The Mythical Format of the Element.- C. I and Dependence.- 1. Joy and Its Morrows.- 2. The Love of Life.- 3. Enjoyment and Separation.- D. The Dwelling.- 1. Habitation.- 2. Habitation and the Feminine.- 3. The Home and Possession.- 4. Possession and Labor.- 5. Labor and the Body. Consciousness.- 6. The Freedom of Representation and Gift.- E. The World of Phenomena and Expression.- 1. Separation Is An Economy.- 2. Works and Expression.- 3. Phenomenon and Being.- Section III. Exteriority and the Face.- A. Sensibility and the Face.- B. Ethics and the Face.- 1. Infinity and the Face.- 2. Ethics and the Face.- 3. Reason and the Face.- 4. Discourse Founds Signification.- 5. Language and Objectivity.- 6. The Other and the Others.- 7. The Asymmetry of the Interpersonal.- 8. Will and Reason.- C. The Ethical Relation and Time.- 1. Subjectivity and Pluralism.- 2. Commerce, the Historical Relation, and the Face.- 3. The Will and Death.- 4. Time and the Will: Patience.- 5. The Truth of the Will.- Section IV. Beyond the Face.- A. The Ambiguity of Love.- B. Phenomenology of Eros.- C. Fecundity.- D. Subjectivity in Eros.- E. Transcendence and Fecundity.- F. Filiality and Fraternity.- G. The Infinity of Time.- Conclusions.- 1. From the Like to the Same.- 2. Being Is Exteriority.- 3. The Finite and the Infinite.- 4. Creation.- 5. Exteriority and Language.- 6. Expression and Image.- 7. Against the Philosophy of the Neuter.- 8. Subjectivity.- 9. The Maintenance of Subjectivity The Reality of the Inner Life and the Reality of the State The Meaning of Subjectivity.- 10. Beyond Being.- 11. Freedom Invested.- 12. Being as Goodness-the I-Pluralism-Peace.

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Preface.- Section I. The Same and the Other.- A. Metaphysics and Transcendence.- 1. Desire for the Invisible.- 2. The Breach of Totality.- 3. Transcendence Is Not Negativity.- 4. Metaphysics Precedes Ontology.- 5. Transcendence as the Idea of Infinity.- B. Separation and Discourse.- 1. Atheism or the Will.- 2. Truth.- 3. Discourse.- 4. Rhetoric and Injustice.- 5. Discourse and Ethics.- 6. The Metaphysical and the Human.- 7. The Face to Face-An Irreducible Relation.- C. Truth and Justice.- 1. Freedom Called into Question.- 2. The Investiture of Freedom, or Critique.- 3. Truth Presupposes Justice.- D. Separation and the Absolute.- Section II. Interiority and Economy.- A. Separation as Life.- 1. Intentionality and the Social Relation.- 2. Living from... (Enjoyment) The Notion of Accomplishment.- 3. Enjoyment and Independence.- 4. Need and Corporeity.- 5. Affectivity as the Ipseity of the I.- 6. The I of Enjoyment Is Neither Biological Nor Sociological.- B. Enjoyment and Representation.- 1. Representation and Constitution.- 2. Enjoyment and Nourishment.- 3. Element and Things, Implements.- 4. Sensibility.- 5. The Mythical Format of the Element.- C. I and Dependence.- 1. Joy and Its Morrows.- 2. The Love of Life.- 3. Enjoyment and Separation.- D. The Dwelling.- 1. Habitation.- 2. Habitation and the Feminine.- 3. The Home and Possession.- 4. Possession and Labor.- 5. Labor and the Body. Consciousness.- 6. The Freedom of Representation and Gift.- E. The World of Phenomena and Expression.- 1. Separation Is An Economy.- 2. Works and Expression.- 3. Phenomenon and Being.- Section III. Exteriority and the Face.- A. Sensibility and the Face.- B. Ethics and the Face.- 1. Infinity and the Face.- 2. Ethics and the Face.- 3. Reason and the Face.- 4. Discourse Founds Signification.- 5. Language and Objectivity.- 6. The Other and the Others.- 7. The Asymmetry of the Interpersonal.- 8. Will and Reason.- C. The Ethical Relation and Time.- 1. Subjectivity and Pluralism.- 2. Commerce, the Historical Relation, and the Face.- 3. The Will and Death.- 4. Time and the Will: Patience.- 5. The Truth of the Will.- Section IV. Beyond the Face.- A. The Ambiguity of Love.- B. Phenomenology of Eros.- C. Fecundity.- D. Subjectivity in Eros.- E. Transcendence and Fecundity.- F. Filiality and Fraternity.- G. The Infinity of Time.- Conclusions.- 1. From the Like to the Same.- 2. Being Is Exteriority.- 3. The Finite and the Infinite.- 4. Creation.- 5. Exteriority and Language.- 6. Expression and Image.- 7. Against the Philosophy of the Neuter.- 8. Subjectivity.- 9. The Maintenance of Subjectivity The Reality of the Inner Life and the Reality of the State The Meaning of Subjectivity.- 10. Beyond Being.- 11. Freedom Invested.- 12. Being as Goodness-the I-Pluralism-Peace.

Key concepts: Transcendence (philosophy), Possession (linguistics), Metaphysics, Sensibility, Philosophy, Element (criminal law), Epistemology, Sociology

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