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Book SynopsisAs the title indicates, Face to Face in Dialogue: Emmanuel Levinas and (the) Communication (of) Ethics is about a transformation. It is about a transformation from thinking about the ethics of communication to thinking about the communication of ethics. This work examines the implications of Emmanuel Levinas'' philosophy of ethics for the theory, criticism and practice of human communication. In addition to offering a study of communication ethics from a Levinasian perspective, the book investigates the role of communication in the very announcement of ethical obligation and in the pursuit of social justice.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Communication of Ethics: Ethics and the Face of the Other: Twin Crises for Ethics; Emmanuel Levinas' Phenomenology of the Other; Notes to Chapter One; The Face in Dialogue: The Rhetoric of the Self and the Face of the Other; The Face, Ideology a Chapter 5 The Communication of Justice: Ethics and Politics at the End of Postmodernity: Introduction; Foundationalism versus Relativism; The Other Beyond Foundationalism and Relativism; The Communicative Structure of Politics; Conclusion; Notes to Chapter Fi Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Index Chapter 9 Author's Biographical Sketch
