Ética e infinito: A Conversation with Emmanuel Levinas

"Ética e infinito" (Ethics and Infinity) is not your typical philosophical treatise. Instead of dense prose and complex arguments, this book offers a uniquely accessible entry point into the profound ethical thought of Emmanuel Levinas. Through a series of engaging conversations with philosopher Philippe Nemo, Levinas elucidates the core tenets of his philosophy, making his often challenging ideas comprehensible to a wider audience. The book delves into the very essence of Levinas's revolutionary ethical system, one that places the "face-to-face" encounter with the Other at its absolute center. This encounter, Levinas argues, is not about perception or knowledge, but about an ethical demand that precedes and surpasses any attempt to categorize or understand the Other. The face of the Other, in its vulnerability and nakedness, calls upon us to respond with responsibility, interrupting our self-absorbed existence and awakening us to a realm beyond our own being. Throughout their dialogues, Levinas and Nemo explore the implications of this ethical demand for our understanding of responsibility, justice, language, and even the divine. They grapple with the limitations of traditional philosophy, which Levinas believes has often reduced the Other to an object of knowledge rather than recognizing their radical alterity.