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Levinas, Subjectivity, Education: Towards an Ethics of Radical Responsibility

Anna Strhan
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In this article, Levinas's teaching, subjectivity and language in Totality and infinity are discussed, as well as the infinite responsibility of the ethical subject in Otherwise than Being.
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Preface vi Acknowledgements viii List of Abbreviations x Introduction 1 PART I Levinas's Teaching 17 1 Teaching, Subjectivity and Language in Totality and Infinity 19 2 The Infinite Responsibility of the Ethical Subject in Otherwise than Being 44 PART II Towards an Education Otherwise 71 3 Heteronomy, Autonomy and the Aims of Education 73 4 Grace, Truth and Economies of Education 95 PART III 'Concrete Problems with Spiritual Repercussions' 119 5 Towards a Religious Education Otherwise 121 6 Dialogue, Proximity and the Possibility of Community 141 7 Political Disappointment, Hope and the Anarchic Ethical Subject 175 Coda 199 Bibliography 204 Index 212

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