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    Cowinner of the Morris D, Forkosch Prize, Journal ofthe History of les eo een ees Perec emer ne eet tet Sn ea peeannnnraa sn ceive ert ero terete edie cnet ir eamrtr ea eeetrncrt es Tete n at Peenecn ener Ren eee eae TLL einer enenitene eee nee een neta See een enn nee ecient ning perenne Pee eee oe ay cen nC ae Cente nt tS eo Paceenie toons eertent eC tee cl etenerer Teena entering ee Cee ee ey Perea ont ey net hee ne Sy eee welt eects aes] eee ey pesieee meni werent et etree ee ee ny Heceoreenerrnnitnerset aneer Peres tne SecS nt Prpeoninripnetea erent tented te te eect ere ne eerste STS peraumnrnttenerm treet et Ucn eerie eee ett oa perenne een ee nen ns Reentry fim PereR ha MCaE REC EEL VEL ES AE MRERDM UE] YSHLO SHL AO SNIDIHO NAOW TanWvS: ORIGINS OF THE OT! PO a Ohana) yee lon An] ORIGINS OF THE OTHER Emmanuel Levinas between Revelation and Ethics SAMUEL MoYN ‘onthe States aban Program of opr © 205 y Cnn Uae shat ‘chee sat een ay Fi painted 05 Cre ie ro ei eat inten le [Btntos tnnanoe 2 Lan Eu shiek or SS ete apa emp wma “The end of tradition doesnot necessarily mean that traditional concepts have lst ther power over the minds of men, On the contrary sometimes sccm that this power of wellorn notions and categories becomes mone ‘prnnical a the raion loses is ving free.» (But} the breakin our {avon is mow an accompli fat. Tee neither the test of anyone's Aetberate choice nor subject to further decision, Hiasxate Anesore How des 4 man take on the face ofthe faceless other thought to com> ‘mand he destiny of al thinge-—and bring hse o be ecognized by oth trvas such? How does what is above an beyond men come to take a ht tan form anc Gavene CONTENTS Acknowledgments oduction 1. True Bergsonianisn: Beginnings of Philosopher 2. The Contonersy over Inersuhectity 83. Nazim and Crs The Interruption of Trajectory 44 Tatler ter Revelation is later war Theology 5 Levinas Discovery ofthe Other inthe Makin ‘of French Existentialism 6. The Ethical Turn: Philosophy and dan i dhe Cold War Epil: Totaly and Ijin Sibiographical Note nex ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The publication of a frst book demands somewhat extended acknow cegents, for i cals forthe discharge of debts accumulated not simpy ‘ring the gestation ofa project butalso in the formation of amind, fot inthe leading of whole life, And so, fst and foremos, Cue thank all my teachers, beginning with Gerald. Lenberg, who induced me to Enropea intellectual histor and Mati Ja who supervised my doctoral trsning in the subject. No mentors could have been preferred to these two and Tam deeply grateful to them for dheir generous interest in my Tearing forthe uniquely powerful models of practicing history they ex “empl an for ther continael advocacy on my behalf and thet fiend ‘hip in recent years. would also ike wo acknowledge David Bale for his ‘masterful introrivtion to moder Jewish dhouyht and Hans Saga for his ‘arly support of thisproject Solon Beinteld helped clay number oft portant tues Without an encounter with Roberto Mangabeiea Unger ‘nen Twas inlaw schoo! newer would have revised the sty in dhe di fection I did, Special mention should be made of Amos Funenstein in Berkeley and Davia Charny in Cambridge, Masachusets who died dev ‘stating, untimely deaths 1985 andl 2000, respeeties they let hind ‘many tke melt, whose brief contat wih sch minds made them despa "lost, a the bitter prospect of having to learn onthe cw ei fort itaus honor for one such ax myself to hie had the chance to learn Bom teachers such as these. Tam grate to Washington University forthe George E. Mylonas Fel lowship in the Humanities and for other funds, For support of my grad ste training ome thanks tothe US, government fr the National Merit Scholarship and the Jaco K Javits Fellowship tothe Univerity of Cal fornia st Berkeley forthe Humanities Rewearth Grant the Vice Chancel lor for Research Grant, and the Benjamin F Goor Prize i Jewish Stes to Berkeley's Center for German and European Studies, Phi Beta Kapp and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for prediertation fellowships and to both my graduate nations, the Universi of California at Berke leyand Harare University, for teaching opportunites. More recent the National Endowment forthe Humanities sponsored revisions ofthis work ‘vera summer. Tam likewise grateful to the Columbia Univesity history flepariment forts confidence nme, and for the isiutonal singin ‘whieh T revised shis ext John Ackerman and his staf at Cornell Univer Siy Press have been consummate professionals in converting my man Serpc into book form: the generosity of the Koret Foundation, which awarded a Jewish Studies Publication Program grant tothe manuscript, smoothed the proces ‘Anumber of my New York colleagues have been generous wth mesince ny arrival in that city, notably ata memorable sesion of an area intllee- tual history group: Warten Breckian, Anson Rabinbach,Jesold Seigel, and Richard Wolln were especially usculimelocutors then and ater At Columbia, Michael Sanisawski and Mark von Hagen veted a portion of ‘what oon sat felin their area of expense, and Nicholas Dicks gave my ‘work his thorough attain, ’A few portions of tis book appeared in earie—ofien primitive forms Yee French Studs published an eary version of much ofthe fith ‘hpier and a lew other suippets in an article ented “Transcendence, Moray, and History: Emmanuel Levins and the Inerwar Dieonery of ‘Soren Kierkegaard in France" Thoma Tree generovly ited my 0 tein tothe special sue of Yale Frock Subs he ganized andl read rmyessy with penetrating eitoral acumen Hsny © Memory pbished 3 ‘ersion of chapter 3, and few paragraphs from the book sre reprinted From an article about Levinas Tale readings in Pfs. Yale Fronch Studs an indiana University Press the publisher of both istry & Meme ‘ryan Prats general allowed ncsion here ofthe materi they ‘originally pabished in these earl incarnations. Tam ako indebted to frends. T would ike to thank the following for their help, encouragement, and warmth over the years: Joti Abromnet, Paige Arthur John Cots, Jewia Eenberg, Nis Gian, Andrew Jainchil Matthew Jones Jin Kim, Ethan Kleinberg, Hee Ko, Mark Mitch, Dirk Moses, Cela Fasiore, Eugene Sheppard, and MaryAnn Sung. I earned more than I

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