Levinas, Social Vulnerability, and the Logic of South African Racism

The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas was at the forefront of the promotion of the idea of vulnerability in philosophy. For Levinas, my primary vulnerability concerns not my pain, but my pain at the other’s pain. Vulnerablity also has an ambiguous character in so far as it is not easily separated from my...

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Main Author: Robert Bernasconi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society) 2019-06-01
Series:Suomen Antropologi
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/82735