Phenomenology and the face of the other. Controversies on E. Lévinas

Authors

  • Marek Drwięga Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.3435

Keywords:

the other’s face, ethics, metaphysics, saturated phenomenon, new phenomenology

Abstract

In the paper the author would like to draw readers’ attention to the discussion about the other’s face. The point of reference is the philosophy of E. Lévinas. The French philosopher considered himself a phenomenologist, but if so, someone may ask: what kind of phenomenology is it? and how should be the phenomenon understood? These questions led to a vivid discussion. On the one hand, there is D. Janicaud who severely criticized Lévinas for having made “a theological turn” and thus for having abandoned phenomenology for theology. On the other hand, J.-L. Marion tried to reformulate the Lévinas central idea of the other’s face in a language of the new phenomenology. In the paper the author first presents the position of Lévinas about phenomenology, then goes into critical arguments and discuss them, finally he tries to reformulate in the new way the phenomenon of the other’s face, it means in terms of J.-L. Marion’s new phenomenology.

Author Biography

  • Marek Drwięga, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
    Marek Drwięga – filozof, tłumacz, profesor w Instytucie Filozofii UJ, Kierownik Zakładu Etyki. Jego zainteresowania skupiają się na etyce, filozofii człowieka oraz filozofii współczesnej. Autor m.in. takich książek jak: Człowiek między dobrem a złem. Studia z etyki współczesnej (Kraków 2012), Kim jest człowiek? Studia z filozofii człowieka (Kraków 2013), redaktor i współautor Filozofia wobec zła/ Philosophy and Evil (Kraków 2018).

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Published

2019-11-15

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019)

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