Emmanuel Levinas : The Genealogy Of - Ethics

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Levinas argued that Western philosophy has traditionally prioritized —the study of being—which tends to "totalize" and absorb everything into the self's own categories of understanding. Emmanuel Levinas : the genealogy of ethics

: While a "totalizing" mindset seeks to understand and control the Other, the encounter with the face reveals an "infinity" that can never be fully grasped or possessed. 3. Infinite and Asymmetrical Responsibility The core of Levinas’s genealogy is the