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https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
Branko Klun
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology, Poljanska cesta 4, SI–1000 Ljubljana
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APA 6th Edition
Klun, B. (2019). Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (1), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
MLA 8th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 1, 2019, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110. Accessed 4 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 1 (2019): 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Harvard
Klun, B. (2019). 'Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
', Synthesis philosophica, 34(1), pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Vancouver
Klun B. Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 May 04];34(1):141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
IEEE
B. Klun, "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 1, pp. 141-156, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
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APA 6th Edition
Klun, B. (2019). Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (1), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
MLA 8th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 1, 2019, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110. Accessed 4 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 1 (2019): 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Harvard
Klun, B. (2019). 'Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
', Synthesis philosophica, 34(1), pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Vancouver
Klun B. Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 May 04];34(1):141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
IEEE
B. Klun, "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 1, pp. 141-156, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Full text: german pdf 387 Kb
page 141-156
downloads: 288
cite
APA 6th Edition
Klun, B. (2019). Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (1), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
MLA 8th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 1, 2019, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110. Accessed 4 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 1 (2019): 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Harvard
Klun, B. (2019). 'Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
', Synthesis philosophica, 34(1), pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Vancouver
Klun B. Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 May 04];34(1):141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
IEEE
B. Klun, "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 1, pp. 141-156, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Full text: english pdf 387 Kb
page 141-156
downloads: 216
cite
APA 6th Edition
Klun, B. (2019). Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (1), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
MLA 8th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 1, 2019, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110. Accessed 4 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Klun, Branko. "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 1 (2019): 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Harvard
Klun, B. (2019). 'Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
', Synthesis philosophica, 34(1), pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Vancouver
Klun B. Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 May 04];34(1):141-156. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
IEEE
B. Klun, "Alterity and Understanding. A Hermeneutical Approach to Levinas
", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 1, pp. 141-156, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34110
Abstract
Levinas’ ethics presupposes radical alterity, which is unthinkable and impossible from the (onto)logical point of view. The alterity of the other is situated beyond understanding and does not tolerate any hermeneutic mediation. This paper, in contrast, tries to show that Levinas’ methodological approach, which relies on a “phenomenology” of the face, cannot do without a hermeneutical reflection. If hermeneutics and ontology (which is related to it) are conceived of in a radically open manner, they no longer possess the oppressive and violent character which Levinas ascribes to them. This leads to the question of whether there exists a possibility for mediation between Levinas’ ethics of alterity and (an ontological) hermeneutics which could correspond to his ethics. Such a mediation would not aim at devising a new totality which would betray the main concerns of Levinas, but rather envisages a deeper awareness of alterity and its consequences for ethics.
Keywords
Emmanuel Levinas; alterity; understanding; hermeneutics; ethics
Hrčak ID:
224041
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/224041
Publication date:
11.6.2019.
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