<i>Le flair animal</i>: Levinas and the Possibility of Animal Friendship

In Otherwise than Being, Levinas writes that the alterity of the Other escapes “le flair animal,” or the animal’s sense of smell. This paper puts pressure on the strong human-animal distinction that Levinas makes by considering the possibility that, while non-human animals may not respond to the alt...

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Main Author:	LISA GUENTHER
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Windsor 2007-12-01
Series:	PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture
Subjects:	Levinas animal dog Homer Odyssey friendship
Online Access:	https://phaenex.uwindsor.ca/index.php/phaenex/article/view/248

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spelling	doaj-eb1ead0cafb643d8afc896c2f28d60de2020-11-25T03:28:31ZengUniversity of WindsorPhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture1911-15762007-12-012210.22329/p.v2i2.248<i>Le flair animal</i>: Levinas and the Possibility of Animal FriendshipLISA GUENTHER0Vanderbilt UniversityIn Otherwise than Being, Levinas writes that the alterity of the Other escapes “le flair animal,” or the animal’s sense of smell. This paper puts pressure on the strong human-animal distinction that Levinas makes by considering the possibility that, while non-human animals may not respond to the alterity of the Other in the way that Levinas describes as responsibility, animal sensibility plays a key role in a relation to Others that Levinas does not discuss at length: friendship. This approach to friendship addresses a gap in Levinas’ work between the absolute Other for whom I am responsible and the “brother” who is my political equal.https://phaenex.uwindsor.ca/index.php/phaenex/article/view/248LevinasanimaldogHomerOdysseyfriendship
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title	<i>Le flair animal</i>: Levinas and the Possibility of Animal Friendship
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series	PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture
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description	In Otherwise than Being, Levinas writes that the alterity of the Other escapes “le flair animal,” or the animal’s sense of smell. This paper puts pressure on the strong human-animal distinction that Levinas makes by considering the possibility that, while non-human animals may not respond to the alterity of the Other in the way that Levinas describes as responsibility, animal sensibility plays a key role in a relation to Others that Levinas does not discuss at length: friendship. This approach to friendship addresses a gap in Levinas’ work between the absolute Other for whom I am responsible and the “brother” who is my political equal.
topic	Levinas animal dog Homer Odyssey friendship
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<i>Le flair animal</i>: Levinas and the Possibility of Animal Friendship

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