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2、ngthstudyofLevinasinanylanguage,becauseonecompletesthebookbothbetterinformedandabetterphilosopher.’RobertBernasconi,MemphisStateUniversity‘EmmanuelLevinasmustnowbejudgedtobeoneofthemostinfluentialfiguresincontemporaryContinentalphilosophy.Icanthinkofnobett
3、erguidethanJohnLlewelyntoleadusthroughthethicketsofLevinas’sprose.ForthoseofusworkingintheembattledenclaveofContinentalphilosophyinBritainandNorthAmerica,Llewelyn’sworkhashadasingularandspecialplace,markedasitisbyaquasi-Austiniananalyticattentiontolinguist
4、icandsemanticdetail,adazzlingbreadthanddepthoftextualknowledgeintheContinentaltradition,andanabsoluteintegrityandseriousnessofintellectualandmoralcommitment.Burstingwithquestions,multiplereferences,cascadingcitationsandmulti-lingualpunsandnuances,thisbooki
5、sthecompellingrecordofanintellectualobsession.Takingasitsguidingthreadthethemeofgenealogy,thebookgivesabroadlychronologicalandimpressivelymanageablepresentationofthewholesweepofLevinas’swork.Ihavereadnothingmorefinelygrained,morebalancedandlessdogmaticthan
6、Llewelyn’sbookonawholerangeofLevinasianthemes.’SimonCritchley,UniversityofEssexJohnLlewelynhasbeenreaderinPhilosophyattheUniversityofEdinburghandvisitingprofessoratMemphisStateUniversityandLoyolaUniversityofChicago.HisotherpublicationsincludeBeyondMetaphys
7、ics?,DerridaontheThresholdofSense,andTheMiddleVoiceofEcologicalConscience.WarwickStudiesinEuropeanPhilosophyEditedbyAndrewBenjaminSeniorLecturerinPhilosophy,UniversityofWarwickThisseriespresentsthebestandmostoriginalworkbeingdonewithintheEuropeanphilosophi
8、caltradition.ThebooksincludedintheseriesseeknotmerelytoreflectwhatistakingplacewithinEuropeanphilosophy,rathertheywillcontributetothegrowthanddevelopmentofthatpluraltradition.WorkwrittenintheEnglishlanguageas