{"product_id":"between-levinas-and-lacan-mari-ruti-9781628926392","title":"Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics","description":"Levinas and Lacan, two giants of contemporary theory, represent schools of thought that seem poles apart. In this major new work, Mari Ruti charts the ethical terrain between them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first glance, Levinansian and Lacanian approaches may seem more or less incompatible, and in many ways they are, particularly in their understanding of the self-other relationship. For both Levinas and Lacan, the subject's relationship to the other is primary in the sense that the subject, literally, does not exist without the other, but they see the challenge of ethics quite differently: while Levinas laments our failure to adequately meet the ethical demand arising from the other, Lacan laments the consequences of our failure to adequately escape the forms this demand frequently takes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this book outlines the major differences between Levinas and Judith Butler on the one hand and Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, and Alain Badiou on the other, Ruti proposes that underneath these differences one can discern a shared concern with the thorny relationship between the singularity of experience and the universality of ethics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Levinas and Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e is an important new book for anyone interested in contemporary theory, ethics, psychoanalysis, and feminist and queer theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mari Ruti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628926392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628926392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Mari Ruti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939404218623,"sku":"9781628926392","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f9a00b3b-52d2-4fe5-8db5-49c9faea51e8.jpg?v=1681441292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-levinas-and-lacan-mari-ruti-9781628926392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}