The Ethics of the Face to Face Encounter:
Schroeder, Levinas, and the Glance
Edward S. Casey, Stony
Brook University
L'absolument autre, c'est i'autrui.
—Emmanuel Levinas, Totalité et infini
The world is not so profane as to refuse admission to the
Infinite; but then, neither is it sacred enough to contain the
Absolute in its totality.
—Brian Schroeder, Altared Ground
Introduction
Altared Ground: Levinas, History, and Violence appeared in 1996,
and I am pleased to draw attention to this extraordinary text a decade later.
I shall approach it as much by indirection—by allusion and citation—as close
reading; but this does not mean that I am any less prone to pay homage to
it. On the contrary: it is by linking this text to certain texts by Levinas
and to some current concerns of my own that I will honor it. |
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