Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 20:44:51 -0800 (PST) From: MATTHEW FRANCIS WETTLAUFER <mattw-AT-sfsu.edu> Subject: Re: Query Dear Eric, I've read some Levinas including Outside the Subject and Totality and Infinity, but I've not read the essay by Lyotard. I would like to discuss Levinas as opposed to Lyotard but I will have to look for the Lyotard essay and I can't do that right now. But maybe next week? Matt On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 EricMurph-AT-aol.com wrote: > I find a close relationship between Lyotard's comments on obligation and > those of Levinas. It seems that Lyotard here is working in the grove > cultivated by Levinas, albeit pruning in a critical way. For one thing, he > seems to apply the ethical in a way that moves away from the religiousity > often present in Levinas. > > Lyotard almost wrote a extremely dense essay entitles "Levinas' Logic" > translated in "The Lyotard Reader" that overlaps much of the discussion in > "The Differend". It would be useful to have a close reading and discussion > on-line of these texts. It would also be fruitful to discuss the ways in > which Lyotard and Levinas differ. However, it does seem hard to get any > takers in this group. > > Does anyone out there want to read first and talk later? >
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