Levinas, Subjectivity, Education: Towards an Ethics of Radical Responsibility; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Levinas's Teaching; 1 Teaching, Subjectivity and Language in Totality and Infinity; DISCOURSE AS TEACHING; SUBJECTIVITY AS ETHICAL; ELECTION TO SUBJECTIVITY -- A TEACHING; SOME POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS; THE POSSIBILITY OF ETHICAL SUBJECTIVITY; 2 The Infinite Responsibility of the Ethical Subject in Otherwise than Being; THE SAYING AND THE SAID; SUBJECTIVITY AS SENSIBILITY; ETHICS OF DIFFERENCE OR AN ETHICS OF TRUTHS?
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Levinas, Subjectivity, Education explores how the philosophical writings of Emmanuel Levinas lead us to reassess education and reveals the possibilities of a radical new understanding of ethical and political responsibility. Presents an original theoretical interpretation of Emmanuel Levinas that outlines the political significance of his work for contemporary debates on educationOffers a clear analysis of Levinas's central philosophical concepts, including the place of religion in his work, demonstrating their relevance for educational theoristsExamines Alain Badiou's critique of Levinas's wor