02117nam 2200493 450 991015464260332120170509103026.00-8232-7324-50-8232-7323-7(CKB)3710000000824197(MiAaPQ)EBC4648084(StDuBDS)EDZ0001660405(EXLCZ)99371000000082419720160401d2017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLevinas and the night of being a guide to totality and infinity /Raoul Moati ; translated by Daniel WycheFirst edition.New York :Fordham University Press,2017.1 online resource (240 pages)This edition previously issued in print: 2016.0-8232-7319-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The presence of the infinite -- The nocturnal face of being -- Messianic eschatology, or the production of ultimate events of being -- To receive the idea of the infinite -- The sensible depth of being -- The terrestrial condition -- The utopia of the dwelling -- The metaphysical context of intentionality -- Being toward infinity -- Intentionality and metaphysics.Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the 'nocturnal event' that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the 'end of metaphysics.'Whole and parts (Philosophy)InfinitePhenomenologyWhole and parts (Philosophy)Infinite.Phenomenology.111Moati Raoul1141696Wyche DanielMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154642603321Levinas and the night of being2680220UNINA