Levinas and the “Matter” of Poverty

“Poverty„ is a term Levinas uses to describe the face-to-face encounter and the Other all through his corpus. Scholars regularly use this term, but no research has shown its origin nor that Levinas has a concept of poverty. This paper addresses both of those questions through an...

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Main Author:	Timothy W. Rothhaar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	ethics politics poverty vulnerability development ethics humanism continental philosophy phenomenology economics
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/12/391

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spelling	doaj-3f543a2c2b6f4e3380901305da9cc1762020-11-24T21:23:02ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442018-11-0191239110.3390/rel9120391rel9120391Levinas and the “Matter” of PovertyTimothy W. Rothhaar0Department of Philosophy, Marquette University, 1250 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA“Poverty„ is a term Levinas uses to describe the face-to-face encounter and the Other all through his corpus. Scholars regularly use this term, but no research has shown its origin nor that Levinas has a concept of poverty. This paper addresses both of those questions through an analysis of an early reflection on Judaism and the relevant sections of his Totality and Infinity. In the process, I argue for an alternative interpretation of Levinas’s ethical phenomenology on the basis of poverty concluding with some suggestions on how a Levinasian spiritual poverty can aid the pursuit of justice.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/12/391ethicspoliticspovertyvulnerabilitydevelopment ethicshumanismcontinental philosophyphenomenologyeconomics
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description	“Poverty„ is a term Levinas uses to describe the face-to-face encounter and the Other all through his corpus. Scholars regularly use this term, but no research has shown its origin nor that Levinas has a concept of poverty. This paper addresses both of those questions through an analysis of an early reflection on Judaism and the relevant sections of his Totality and Infinity. In the process, I argue for an alternative interpretation of Levinas’s ethical phenomenology on the basis of poverty concluding with some suggestions on how a Levinasian spiritual poverty can aid the pursuit of justice.
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Levinas and the “Matter” of Poverty

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