Encountering the Other: The Artwork and the Problem of Difference in Blanchot and Levinas

Toumayan (philosophy and literature, U of Notre Dame) looks at points in the work of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95) and Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003) that represent their broader work and demonstrate significant intersections with it in either structure or content. He focuses on the question of the work of art, and the associated problem of death. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR