Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), a pioneer of the phenomenological method, exerted profound influence on prominent postmodern thinkers including Derrida, Lyotard, Finkielkraut, Irigaray, and Blanchot. Among his seminal works that have been translated into English are Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998), Ethics and Infinity, Totality and Infinity, Time and the Other, and Existence and Existents.Michael B. Smith is professor of French and philosophy at Berry College in Georgia. He has translated several of Levinas's works, including Outside the Subject, In the Time of Nations, and Proper Names, and, with Barbara Harshav, Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998).

• Translator's Note Preface by Pierre Hayat I The Other Transcendence 1 Philosophy and Transcendence 2 Totality and Totalization 3 Infinity II Philosophy of Dialogue and First Philosophy 4 Beyond Dialogue 5 The Word I, the Word You, the Word God 6 The Proximity of the Other 7 Utopia and Socialism III Peace and Right 8 The Prohibition against Representation and "The Rights of Man" 9 Peace and Proximity 10 The Rights of the Other Man IV Conversations 11 The Philosopher and Death 12 Violence of the Face Bibliographical Note Notes Index

Alterity and Transcendence displays Levinas's philosophical thinking very well. It is of particular interest to those who try philosophically to ground legal terms such as human rights and especially human dignity without reference to political consensus or foundational explanations. Review of Metaphysics

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), a pioneer of the phenomenological method, exerted profound influence on prominent postmodern thinkers including Derrida, Lyotard, Finkielkraut, Irigaray, and Blanchot. Among his seminal works that have been translated into English are Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998), Ethics and Infinity, Totality and Infinity, Time and the Other, and Existence and Existents.Michael B. Smith is professor of French and philosophy at Berry College in Georgia. He has translated several of Levinas's works, including Outside the Subject, In the Time of Nations, and Proper Names, and, with Barbara Harshav, Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998).

• Translator's Note Preface by Pierre Hayat I The Other Transcendence 1 Philosophy and Transcendence 2 Totality and Totalization 3 Infinity II Philosophy of Dialogue and First Philosophy 4 Beyond Dialogue 5 The Word I, the Word You, the Word God 6 The Proximity of the Other 7 Utopia and Socialism III Peace and Right 8 The Prohibition against Representation and "The Rights of Man" 9 Peace and Proximity 10 The Rights of the Other Man IV Conversations 11 The Philosopher and Death 12 Violence of the Face Bibliographical Note Notes Index

Alterity and Transcendence displays Levinas's philosophical thinking very well. It is of particular interest to those who try philosophically to ground legal terms such as human rights and especially human dignity without reference to political consensus or foundational explanations. Review of Metaphysics

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), a pioneer of the phenomenological method, exerted profound influence on prominent postmodern thinkers including Derrida, Lyotard, Finkielkraut, Irigaray, and Blanchot. Among his seminal works that have been translated into English are Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998), Ethics and Infinity, Totality and Infinity, Time and the Other, and Existence and Existents.Michael B. Smith is professor of French and philosophy at Berry College in Georgia. He has translated several of Levinas's works, including Outside the Subject, In the Time of Nations, and Proper Names, and, with Barbara Harshav, Entre Nous (Columbia, 1998).

• Translator's Note Preface by Pierre Hayat I The Other Transcendence 1 Philosophy and Transcendence 2 Totality and Totalization 3 Infinity II Philosophy of Dialogue and First Philosophy 4 Beyond Dialogue 5 The Word I, the Word You, the Word God 6 The Proximity of the Other 7 Utopia and Socialism III Peace and Right 8 The Prohibition against Representation and "The Rights of Man" 9 Peace and Proximity 10 The Rights of the Other Man IV Conversations 11 The Philosopher and Death 12 Violence of the Face Bibliographical Note Notes Index

Alterity and Transcendence displays Levinas's philosophical thinking very well. It is of particular interest to those who try philosophically to ground legal terms such as human rights and especially human dignity without reference to political consensus or foundational explanations. Review of Metaphysics