Les oeuvres de Levinas
by sensuscommunist
I had a horrible travel experience yesterday. I spent seven hours on the road for a trip which would normally take three.
However, the day was not a total wash, as I took the time to, among other things, begin reading through the newly released first volume of the complete works of Emmanuel Levinas.
I am almost finished, getting a little time now and then on vacation to look at it. When I am done I will post a more extensive review, but at this point I will simply point out a few nice things:
1) it is one of the most beautiful books I own. Certainly the most beautiful non-art-book.
2) consisting of all unpublished material it gives great insight into the development of Levinas’ work.
3) it is almost entirely fragments (!) There are a few essays, but the greatest bits are the tiny comments and asides.
I’ll leave you with one of my favourite lines so far:
“Anti-platonisme. Désorientation. Équivalence. Décolonisation.”
Levinas tome 1
